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Bolce, Meg; Rypka, Stephanie – National Middle School Association (NJ3), 2005
Three years ago, the staff at Bethel (Connecticut) Middle School made a commitment to establish the school as a professional learning community (PLC). As they delved into the PLC concept, they realized that the first step was to take a close look at how they used time during the school day. Specifically, they needed to determine how to best…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Time Blocks, Program Descriptions, Organizational Development
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Queen, J. Allen; And Others – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
An evaluation of the 4 X 4 block schedule used in three North Carolina high schools elicited strong support from teachers, students, and parents. Schools planning to implement this model should review D. G. Hackman's guidelines covering faculty input, feedback procedures, training opportunities, teacher fatigue, holidays, classroom monitoring,…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Guidelines, High Schools, Parent Attitudes
Dougherty, Barbara – 1998
Previous research has shown that by varying instructional time, schools can better accommodate students' different rates of learning. One method that schools use to meet this challenge is block scheduling; different models which are described. The focus is on the benefits and disadvantages of various models. One of the benefits is block…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alternate Day Schedules, Block Scheduling, Educational Strategies