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The best thing my school did was moving to the 'block' system. Instead of having 6 or 8 classes to go to every day, I had 4 classes a semester. It also meant th

by a2tech 11y ago

The best thing my school did was moving to the 'block' system. Instead of having 6 or 8 classes to go to every day, I had 4 classes a semester. It also meant that my algebra class, or biology, was twice as long as your 'standard' class at another school. The block system meant that the instructor had twice as long with the students and could really dig into a subject. It also meant we didn't usually have homework because it wasn't necessary-the instructor taught, we learned, we drilled on it in class.

Jtsummers 11y ago
The school in my first high school school district did that, and had disastrous results. Too much time between related courses (essentially 9 months between each math class). I preferred the way my second high school did it. We still had 8 periods a day (magnet school, so the regular schools had 7). Monday was everything, it was a busy day. Odd classes on TR, even on WF. So you only had to do homework for 3-4 classes a night. And you had the benefits of nearly two hours of instruction most days. It was more like college structure, but with additional courses (where most college students take 4-6 classes a semester, we took 6-8; some of our classes took multiple periods).
clarkmoody 11y ago
We had block schedule with 4 classes per day, but alternated days for 8 classes total. Long, 100 minute class periods allowed for lecture+homework/help time during the day. Fridays were an alternate set of interesting classes, from SAT prep, to bowling, to computer programming. I couldn't recommend this system more. If you must have public school, this is a great way to structure it.
thescriptkiddie 11y ago
This is important. Homework is a poor substitute for class time. If education budgets permitted schools to stay open later in the day, time spent on homework could be spent in class. Plus, the block system is a better approximation of university.

by a2tech 11y ago

Jtsummers 11y ago

The school in my first high school school district did that, and had disastrous results. Too much time between related courses (essentially 9 months between each math class). I preferred the way my second high school did it. We still had 8 periods a day (magnet school, so the regular schools had 7). Monday was everything, it was a busy day. Odd classes on TR, even on WF. So you only had to do homework for 3-4 classes a night. And you had the benefits of nearly two hours of instruction most days. It was more like college structure, but with additional courses (where most college students take 4-6 classes a semester, we took 6-8; some of our classes took multiple periods).

clarkmoody 11y ago

We had block schedule with 4 classes per day, but alternated days for 8 classes total. Long, 100 minute class periods allowed for lecture+homework/help time during the day. Fridays were an alternate set of interesting classes, from SAT prep, to bowling, to computer programming. I couldn't recommend this system more. If you must have public school, this is a great way to structure it.

thescriptkiddie 11y ago

This is important. Homework is a poor substitute for class time. If education budgets permitted schools to stay open later in the day, time spent on homework could be spent in class. Plus, the block system is a better approximation of university.