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Hinrichs, Peter – Education Finance and Policy, 2011
A number of high schools across the United States have moved to later bell times on the belief that their previous bell times were too early for the "biological clocks" of adolescents. In this article I study whether doing so improves academic performance. I first focus on the Twin Cities metropolitan area, where Minneapolis and several…
Descriptors: High Schools, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement, Metropolitan Areas
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Krajewski, Bob; And Others – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
Three high schools in Minnesota's Twin Cities area exemplify impressive educational equalization gains stemming from a 1971 law shifting school funding from local taxes to state income and sales taxes. Although the schools vary in structure, populations, and leadership style, all are accomplishing major restructuring efforts via flexible…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Equity (Finance), Flexible Scheduling, High Schools