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Direct linkMurphy, Stephen H. – Principal Leadership, 2009
Stonington High School in Pawcatuck, Connecticut, adopted an alternating day (A/B) block schedule in 1998. The shift in schedule has resulted in less movement throughout the building and fewer instances of disruptive behaviors. In addition, the initiatives that Stonington has been able to implement have caused the daily attendance rate to increase…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Block Scheduling, Teaching Methods, High Schools
Opalinski, Gail; Ellers, Sherry; Goodman, Amy – Principal Leadership, 2004
This article describes the revised summer school program developed by the Anchorage (AK) School District for students who received poor grades in their core classes or low scores in the Alaska Benchmark Examinations or California Achievement Tests. More than 500 middle school students from the district spent five weeks during the summer honing…
Descriptors: Summer Schools, Educational Change, Curriculum, Middle Schools
