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Howard, Elizabeth – American Secondary Education, 1997
This case study reflects block scheduling's effects on advanced-placement mathematics courses of one veteran teacher tracking personal progress since 1989. Block scheduling began in 1994, creating problems for the teacher, whose resistance to the reform was based on declining advanced-placement scores. Teacher attitude and insufficient…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Block Scheduling, Case Studies, High Schools
Reichstetter, Rosemary; Baenen, Nancy – Wake County Public School System, 2005
In 2003-04, 11 Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) high schools moved from a traditional student schedule of six full-year courses to a block schedule of four courses each semester (4x4). Implementation went fairly smoothly, with 90% of teachers trained prior to the change. Academic course opportunities and course enrollment numbers increased…
Descriptors: Counties, School Districts, High Schools, Public Schools