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[quote=Anonymous]Middle school teacher here. We have had several variations of block schedules and they did not work well for core skill subjects (math, language arts) and electives like band or orchestra or chorus at our school. These are classes where it is important to see the children every day for many of the reasons already identified as 'pros' in other posts above. The block schedules worked well for core content subjects (science, social studies) and electives other than band/orchestra/chorus. If your middle school is making the grade for accreditation then a block schedule may work. If your middle school is struggling to reach or maintain accreditation in math or language arts then a block schedule is not a good idea. At our middle school, we have found much more success (as measured by substantial increases in SOLs and consistently rising GPAs) when we have maintained a 7-subject day following a static, not rotating, schedule. [/quote]
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