![]() Regrettably, school boards across the country seem to be adopting an experimental program on the basis of its purported advantages without demanding or considering hard data. Some of these sources offer long lists of euphoric virtues of block scheduling without any hard data and without any serious consideration of the down side. The case for block scheduling in high schools is being pushed from a variety of sources. Many educators and parents see it as a recycled form of the Modular Scheduling concept which was tried and abandoned in the 70s and 80s. Education is supposed to become less stressful, more relaxed, and more enjoyable, bringing a long list of educational advantages. Fewer, longer classes are said to allow new styles of teaching rather than old fashioned direct instruction. A course that normally covered the entire school year could then be compressed into an intense half-year course. In one common form, students have four long class periods per day instead of seven or eight. Nature of the Problem Introductionīlock scheduling is a restructuring of the school day into classes much longer than the traditional 50-minute period. Internet Resources on the Block and Related Educational Topics.Tips on Keeping the Block Out of Your School.Dennis Raphael: The Debate that Never Happened Questions to Ask Proponents of the Block. ![]() Case Studies Don't Show Real Academic Gains.What about the New Attacks on the Canadian Studies?.What's New in My Block Scheduling Pages.How Two Moms Made a Differenced: Inspiring Success Story.Another Story of Success Against the Block.Double Blocking: Exposing an Intrinsic Weakness of the A/B B.S."Seminar": More Dumbing-down with Block Scheduling.Never too Late to Change: Dropping the Block.Increased Graduation Requirements and the Block: A Backwards Solution.Major Scientific Studies Show Academic Harm.Jeff is the lead author of a book on innovation, entrepreneurship and strategy from John Wiley & Sons: Conquering Innovation Fatigue by Jeff Lindsay, Cheryl Perkins, and Mukund Karanjikar. Jeff loves inventing, photography, writing and learning. patent agent, the former Corporate Patent Strategist of Kimberly-Clark Corporation with over 100 patents, and is currently in China helping an Asian company do intellectual property. in chemical engineering from BYU, has been an Assistant and Associate Professor at the Institute of Paper Science and Technology on the Georgia Tech Campus where he taught graduate-level science and engineering courses and advised many graduate students. Not that it matters, but Jeff has a Ph.D. Jeff Lindsay is a parent of four boys in Appleton, Wisconsin, and the husband of Kendra Lindsay, a primary founder of the Classical School in Appleton.
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