Offers a brief overview of the process undertaken by one school district in Missouri to explore and then implement a schedule change (in particular a block program)--a process involving parents, teachers, administrators, school board members, and students. (SR)

A recent study conducted by the Mifflin (Pennsylvania) School District assessed effects of intensive (block) scheduling with students identified as gifted. Administrator and teacher respondents perceived that block scheduling can significantly improve services to secondary gifted students. However, program implementation does not automatically…

Previous research has shown that by varying instructional time, schools can better accommodate students' different rates of learning. One method that schools use to meet this challenge is block scheduling; different models which are described. The focus is on the benefits and disadvantages of various models. One of the benefits is block…