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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With generational rise in ADHD, fatigued teachers unlikely to develop the project based, hands on work that best suits it — why are more high schools going to block schedule.

My impression at our local Arlington high school is the teachers teacher for 40 min, then have the kids do classwork/homework quietly for the next 40 minutes. I feel like they are squandering instruction time; they can leave homework for home.

Do other schools make better use of block scheduling?! Why are so many schools following it, including many privates. [/quote]

Having gone to HS with that system myself,  it was more conducive to better learning.  40 minutes was the most for the lecture part.  Kids have checked out after that.  Then we either worked on our assignment ( not work from other classes) or we had time to really discuss the topic as a class.  I learned far better in math this way.  I never understood the topic the first time through. This way the teacher was there to help as soon as the topic had been introduced. We learned more, and faster, than kids with a different set up.

I far preferred this, as does my husband as a teacher.  [/quote]

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