Discusses rescheduling and restructuring underway in secondary schools across the United States. Discusses five different approaches to alternative scheduling, focusing on two different types of the block schedule--a four-block or an eight-block style. Focuses on the effect of each on journalism classes. Discusses accommodations that need to be…

Discusses several aspects of the activity/seminar/contact block (often a component of the eight-block school scheduling pattern): its various purposes; how students move about; labs; scheduling activities that involve many students; and which block of the day is best suited for journalism classes. (SR)

Describes the major changes brought about in journalism classes at a Texas high school in its third year of block scheduling. Notes that enrollment has increased and that the publications staff has the time necessary to actually complete assignments during the class period. (SR)