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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Teachers Discuss Local Impacts of Block Scheduling � The Quick and the Ed

Teachers Discuss Local Impacts of Block Scheduling � The Quick and the Ed

Teachers Discuss Local Impacts of Block Scheduling



Last week I posted my concerns about schools that are using block scheduling to allow students to take more classes in a year with less instructional time in each class. Several teachers discuss their local take on block scheduling on Joanne Jacobs blog. The most disconcerting post was from David:

” When I worked in NYC, we did this deliberately. In fact we offered 9 periods per day so the