Block scheduling's missteps, successes and variables: a study finds steady progress in the use of alternatives to the traditional schedule.

School Administrator | October 1, 2003| | Copyright

If Mark Twain were writing this article, his account might begin: "Reports of the death of block scheduling have been grossly exaggerated!" In our work with high schools and middle schools nationwide, we occasionally hear comments from audience members who state something similar to the following: "I hear lots of schools are getting out of block schedules and going back to single periods."

While a few schools have returned to single periods, the vast majority of schools that adopted alternative scheduling models continue to be satisfied with their decisions. We have ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Cyanide Generation During Preservation of Chlorinated Wastewater Effluent Samples for Total Cyanide Analysis
Magazine article from: Water Environment Research ; ...used to preserve wastewater samples for cyanide analysis. The effects of four approved...protocols on the results of the total cyanide analysis of effluents from four water...without pH adjustment generally gave total cyanide concentrations below the reporting limit...
Cyanide recycling using strong-base ion-exchange resins
Magazine article from: JOM ; ...cause gold, iron or copper-cyanide complexes to dissociate or...great extent is the weak zinc cyanide, forming either soluble Zn...to a pH where all the metal cyanides dissociate is usually unfeasible...containing high concentrations of cyanide involves the acidification...
CYANIDE 101
Newspaper article from: Boise Weekly ; What is cyanide? Cyanide refers to a group of compounds made of carbon and nitrogen. Cyanide solution readily bond with gold, silver and other metals, which is why the mining industry uses it. Cyanide is usually stored and transported as a...
Cyanide's unjustified image.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Mining Magazine ; Today more that 460 mines around the world that cyanide to extract gold and silver. Of all the hydrogen cyanide produced globally every year, only about 13% is converted into sodium cyanide and used for precious metals extraction. The benefits...
Cyanide Safety Act Introduced in Senate by Sen. Schumer
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News ; ...Schumer, D-New York, has introduced the Cyanide Safety Act of 2006 (S. 3799), legislation...Security to regulate retail sales of hydrogen cyanide and its salts, and to require the Department...of use of commercial products including cyanide by terrorists and potential preventative...
Cyanide toxicity in the surgical intensive care unit: A case report
Magazine article from: The American Surgeon ; ...blood in certain clinical conditions. Cyanide toxicity is a known complication of sodium...Herein is reported a case of probable cyanide toxicity in an elderly trauma patient...the pitfalls of making the diagnosis of cyanide toxicity are discussed. HYPERTENSION...
Cyanide Toxicity in Smoke Inhalation Victims - a Deadly but Treatable Poison.
PR Newswire ; ...fires had toxic blood concentrations of cyanide -- these victims died from breathing the smoke long before the fire killed them and cyanide poisoning can be treated," said Schnepp...smoke inhalation death is accepting that cyanide poisoning must be considered. "Contents...
Cyanide special.
Magazine article from: Mining Journal ; ...bimonthly by The Mining Journal Ltd, has been devoted to the important topic of cyanide. (The term `cyanide' refers to one of three classifications of cyanide: total cyanide, weak acid dissociable cyanide and free cyanide.) In one of a...
Free Cyanide Sorption on Freshwater Sediment and Model Components
Magazine article from: Soil & Sediment Contamination ; The sorption of free cyanide (HCN) on mineral components of sediment...4-7.6. It was found that free cyanide did not sorb to any significant extent...experiments with 100 and 150 g/L free cyanide spike amounts resulted in no observed...
In situ treatment of cyanide-contaminated groundwater by iron cyanide precipitation
Magazine article from: Water Environment Research ; ABSTRACT: Groundwater contamination with cyanide is common at many former or active industrial sites. Metal-cyanide complexes typically dominate aqueous speciation of cyanide in groundwater systems, with iron-cyanide complexes...

Find more facts and information related to the article "Block scheduling's missteps, successes and ..."