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Download full textComplete College America, 2016
Higher education often operates under old rules -- rules that continue despite an increasingly diverse student population and improved understanding of human behavior and choice. Under these old rules, fewer than half of students graduate on time, if at all, and troubling equity gaps exist based on income, race, and ethnicity. It is time for new…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Change, Graduation, College Credits
Clemons, Molly J. – Communication: Journalism Education Today, 1997
Outlines the rational for restructuring at one Missouri high school that went to the eight-block/seven-period plan. Presents weekly block time schedules from three different high schools in Missouri, Arizona, and Kansas. (SR)
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Educational Change, High Schools
Communication: Journalism Education Today, 1997
Outlines advantages expected to result from the shift made by an Illinois high school to a "4x4" block scheduling program in the Fall of 1998. (SR)
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Educational Change, High Schools
Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Lab. at Brown Univ., Providence, RI. – 1998
This booklet provides information about block scheduling--its advantages and drawbacks. Schools can use it as a discussion tool to improve their use of time by reformulating student and teacher schedules. The booklet can help educators choose a block scheduling program that will suit their school. The booklet explains the purpose of block…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Dalheim, Mary, Ed. – 1994
This book investigates time dilemmas in education, explaining how educators deal with time issues. Section 1, "It's About Time," describes what a special committee found out about the time dilemma and makes recommendations for educators regarding time use. Section 2, "Building Time into the School Year" (Linda Bacon), presents one Florida school…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Classroom Techniques, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Marshak, David – 2001
Block periods of 75, 90, 100 minutes, or longer require good teachers to continue to develop and improve their teaching skills while keeping the student engaged over a long period. The fewer class meetings in the semester or year, and the rich potential for creativity and innovation provided by the longer period all combine to offer a challenge…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Block Scheduling, Educational Change, High Schools
Shaw, Marie Keen – 1999
Aimed at secondary school library media specialists who are undertaking the transition to block scheduling, this book examines the essential components of the library media program in a block-scheduled school and provides useful handouts, lesson plans, and the experiences of four practitioners through their case studies. The following chapters are…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Distance Education
