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Kruse, Carol A.; Kruse, Gary D. – NASSP Bulletin, 1995
The master schedule determines instructional time, use of space, student grouping, and teacher role. Currently, secondary school buildings are used like factories, and teachers can spend an entire career in the same classroom. Traditional, intensified, and flexible block scheduling produces master schedules with greater flexibility, less…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Flexible Scheduling
Irmsher, Karen – 1996
This digest examines problems inherent in the traditional school scheduling pattern. It offers block scheduling as an option and describes variations in block schedules. It then looks at the benefits and challenges of block scheduling and concludes with a few suggestions for making the transition. Proponents argue that block scheduling allows for…
Descriptors: Alternate Day Schedules, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Flexible Scheduling
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Shortt, Thomas L.; Thayer, Yvonne – NASSP Bulletin, 1995
Before attempting block scheduling reforms, some issues must be addressed, including information retention, transfer students, advanced placement offerings, electives, coordination of teacher and student schedules, and cost effectiveness. There are problems surrounding academic pacing, staff development needs, and time's interaction with other…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Wasley, Patricia A. – Our Children, 1997
Describes how one new high school principal changed the school's traditional scheduling plan. Teachers liked the change and used scheduling as a tool for accomplishing various instructional goals as they emerged. Students noted potential pitfalls of changing schedules. The paper discusses how to accomplish successful schedule change. (SM)
Descriptors: Educational Change, High Schools, Scheduling, School Schedules