Discusses Intensive Scheduling as an approach to learning. Describes how educators in the Pocono Mountain School District in Pennsylvania searched for a more effective way to schedule classes. Describes how the junior high administration and teachers piloted a hybrid modified intensive schedule. Presents student opinions about the hybrid model,…

Author provided guidelines for making order out of a complex task, a noble attempt to inject some sanity into an otherwise frenzied ritual. (Editor/RK)

Article presented a description of the system of scheduling of students in effect at Delbrook Secondary School in North Vancouver in British Columbia. (Editor/RK)

Summarizes 10 lessons learned by the authors during 3 years working with high schools that are restructuring the school day. (SR)

Data on schools in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana. (SP)

Some possible remedies that would enable the modern high school to expand its curriculum and give its students a greater course selection were discussed. (Author)

Argues that the eight-period school day actually causes many of the discipline and retention problems found in traditional middle schools. Argues that misbehavior is often a symptom of a broken system, not a reaction of broken children or the hormones of adolescence. Suggests four steps educators can take to eliminate some middle-school problems.…

Describes varieties of scheduling, inadequacy of the short-period schedule, and the historical background of block scheduling. Discusses effective block scheduling at the middle-grades level and advantages of fan-block schedules. Outlines classroom strategies for use in blocks and a sample learning-cycle lesson for social studies. (SR)

There definitely appears to be a resurgence of interest in the year round school. Apropos, the authors offer a summary of the extended school calendar and discuss selected models that are now being used or being considered for use in various parts of the country. (Editor)

This article is an attempt to present some of the implications and ramifications of year-round school upon the high school. (Author)

Presents an interview with a distinguished scholar and educator from China, discussing the general status and special features in China, notable features of junior high schools, attitudes toward education, the student/teacher relationship, techniques of classroom management, core values taught, the principal's role, differences between rural and…