As the province updates its public education system, it also needs to restructure the school week to better support those changesSt. Anne’s School in South East Bight. There’s one policy, though, that could help facilitate the broader transition: a four-day school week. There is limited data available to truly know the impact of a four-day school week; it’s a burgeoning phenomenon, yet to be ubiquitously established and studied. In the private sector, most four-day work week formats will increase the length of the work day, and offer three days off. Microsoft Japan reported a 40 per cent increase in productivity as a result of a four-day work week.