Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Two articles from the NY Times

Here are a couple of interesting articles below from the NY Times:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9901E0DB1F31F933A25753C1A96F958260&sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE5D91339F932A15753C1A96F958260&sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink


Two main ideas that keep coming up:
(1) block scheduling won't work if it just becomes a 55-minute class plus study hall
(2) teachers need training and time to figure out how to effectively teach within this modified schedule

See you all soon!

1 comment:

howdy said...

That, and that Planning ahead is critical.

All too often, we (I?) try ideas which sound great, but don't plan every little nuance, and it's come back to bite us in the butt more than once.