Hatboro-Horsham has also had great success with the block format. According to Bolinger, another key to success is staff development. If block scheduling is to succeed anywhere, teachers must have multiple opportunities to develop active teaching styles in their various disciplines. In block scheduling, the focus is on 'depth of learning,' not surface learning and low-level recall. We design longer periods of time for students to engage in learning.
Students are what block scheduling is all about.
The only reason a school should change anything is to make it better for student learning. In some states the number is much higher. In Virginia and North Carolina, for example, more than two-thirds of the high schools use alternative schedules. Each student takes between six and eight classes at one time, but goes to only three or four per day. Instead, they complete the curriculum in a semester.