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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^Chicago poster again. I wasn't aware that there are different types of block schedules. I guess our HS is on the A/B schedule? Also, I don't really understand the 4/4 schedule you've referred to and [b]how it mixes with A/B.[/b]

At my kid's HS, beginning in junior year, students can do double blocks, for example APUSH + AP Lang or AP Chem + AP Physics. I know that some kids double up senior year in math as well. From what I understand, one advantage to these double blocks is that block teachers coordinate schedules so that kids are not inundated with homework, projects, tests, quizzes all due on the same days. Is this what you are talking about?
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For instance, a kid may take 2 yearlong AP courses that meet Fall and Spring on alternating days, and they may take one AP course that meets every day in the Fall and another AP course that meets every day in the Spring, during different block periods. Overall, it's the same number of courses: 8 per year, but some are yearlong meeting every other day, and others are semesterlong meeting every day.  Both kinds meet for 90 min periods.

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[quote=Anonymous]He also likes that he can do homework at a more "leisurely" pace.
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How can that be?  If you do Geometry for instance in one semester you're looking at 60-80 min of homework every day instead of 30-40min like it would be in the yearlong format.[/quote]

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