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By Melissa Kelly, About.com Guide to Secondary Education since 2000

Teaching Under the Block Schedule

Monday January 12, 2009
If you've been teaching for any length of time, you will most probably have experienced the effects of one or more educational reform. One such way to attempt to reform education has been to change the way a typical school day and schedule is structured so that students have more class time in each particular class. This has typically been accomplished through the use of a 4X4 or Block Schedule. As many teachers have found, teaching under the block schedule can sometimes be challenging. That's why I've come up with a list of block schedule strategies to help you teach under the block schedule.

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February 22, 2009 at 1:04 pm
(1) Helen Roberts says:

Hi Melissa,

I just started a blog on education, EdObserver.org/blog. I found your article on Block Scheduling a good explanation of the pros and cons. I provided a link to your article.

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