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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also interesting in today's visit - kids were told that block days will alternate with 1. interdisciplinary teaching of core subjects with flexible time allocations 2. electives and study halls or whatever.

This is already evidence of a new model in education. I am excited for it.[/quote]

This is true. They seem to be heavily modeling TJ's course schedule with IBET and other teamed courses. Not sure how this would work with a general population. [/quote]

I would love it if one of you would explain this to me.  Please give an example if you can because I just don't understand.[/quote]

I have heard that Skyview wants to schedule all of the core classes on a single day. So a student would have English, Math, Science, and Social Studies one day, and then other courses like PE, foreign language, electives, the other day[b]. They also want to try and have students rotate through their core classes in the same pod area so that the core teachers would share the same students[/b] (similar to IBET in 9th grade for TJ). [/quote]

That makes sense because most if not all of the kids will come from Rachel Carson which has pods/teams for7th and 8th grade.[/quote]

All middle schools have "teams" like that.

What makes you think most or "all" of the kids will be from Carson when they made the offer to kids from all high schools? 
My guess is the only thing we know for sure is it won't be kids who are into sports choosing to attend. Everything else, who knows.[/quote]

Because when boundaries are announced, most, if not all kids will come from Rachel Carson (some may come from Franklin if they don't adjust middle school boundaries). The first year or two will not be reflective of the future population. [/quote]

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