Block scheduling vs 7 period day

starbright
Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:20:22 +0000

"The downer is for math and foreign language, because kids do tend to forget from year to year, especially if you have math in the fall one year but in the spring the following school year.>>>

My D has blocks and loves it over the method used in middle school. Its ideal for getting homework done (she has two days to do it around her EC schedule) and the longer time permits more depth of material (plus transitions have never been her strong point). But with blocks- of four classes per day- she has math, foreign language, english, and other core course every second day for the whole year. Only fluff electives are per term.