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Clemons, Molly J. – Communication: Journalism Education Today, 1997
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…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Educational Change, Educational Trends, Journalism Education

Hackmann, Donald G. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 1999
A survey of all 635 public high schools in Illinois examined types of scheduling models used (daily period schedules, block schedules, modular/flexible scheduling, or combination models); statewide trends in scheduling; and principals' reasons for adopting scheduling changes. Only 27% of schools were incorporating block-scheduling components.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Block Scheduling, Educational Practices, Educational Trends
Wright, Grace S. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1958
By this study, as by several it has issued in the past few years the Office of Education recognizes the interest of many educators in the core program as a means of achieving some of the objectives of general education at the secondary level. Its first publication, Bulletin 1950, No. 5 entitled "Core Curriculum in Public High Schools," a study of…
Descriptors: General Education, Articulation (Education), Incidence, Educational Change

George, Paul S.; McEwin, C. Kenneth – NASSP Bulletin, 1999
Growing student diversity, reports and government mandates, ninth-grade transition problems, and middle-school influences have produced new enthusiasm for high-school reorganization. Restructuring approaches such as block scheduling, differentiated instruction, academic teaming, house plans, career academies, heterogeneous grouping, and integrated…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Diversity (Student), Educational Change, Educational Trends
Wallace, Ivan, Ed. – 1997
This proceedings includes the following papers: "Multimedia Case Studies--Business Reality for Students" (Agneberg); "Interactive Development and Design--A Business Approach" (Agneberg); "Ethics Instruction for Workforce Development" (Arnold); "Career Development Focus in Lincoln County" (Beam);…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Business Education, Career Development, Case Studies
Wright, Grace S.; Greer, Edith S. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
Junior and junior-senior high schools enroll a large proportion of our early adolescent population. The programs they provide, the services they offer, their administrative practices, and the character of their staffs have far-reaching effects. These programs, services, practices, and staff characteristics constitute the scope of the present…
Descriptors: Educational History, National Surveys, Questionnaires, Junior High Schools