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Williams, Michael F. – 1985
Warren County (North Carolina) High School is in its fourth year of a plan that divides the 180-day school year into three 60-day trimesters. Each day contains four class periods, and each trimester-long course earns students one-half credit. All students and teachers are rescheduled at the beginning of each trimester. The plan's many advantages…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Faculty Workload, High Schools, School Schedules
Lybbert, Blair – 1998
One result of the extraordinarily rapid pace of educational reform in recent decades has been public expectation of greater accountability for the more than $300 billion spent annually on schools. As reformers have sought better ways to utilize all resources, including instructional time, block scheduling has been developed as a more efficient way…
Descriptors: Accountability, Block Scheduling, Educational Planning, Excellence in Education
Matthews, L. Joseph – NASSP Practitioner, 1997
Secondary school administrators must carefully consider the ramifications of a proposed alternative scheduling plan before proceeding with implementation. The first article in this newsletter presents findings from a study that compared data from two groups of schools (one group with a 4 X 4 block plan and the other with a trimester plan) to data…
Descriptors: Alternate Day Schedules, Block Scheduling, Class Organization, Flexible Scheduling
Ballinger, Charles E.; And Others – 1987
This fastback examines the instructional and administrative benefits of year-round education and describes schools currently operating on a year-round schedule. Instructional benefits of year-round education for gifted, average, and remedial students are cited in a brief introductory article. Other benefits, discussed in more detail, include…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Extended School Year, Flexible Scheduling