 Publications Available through bookstores and for online purchase here .... Making Schedules Work: In Middle and High Schools! by Elliot Merenbloom and Barbara Kalina
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Now in a second printing in response to great demand, Making Creative Schedules Work brings views, strategies and solutions from the front lines. The last several years have brought extraordinary pressure and change to the world of education. NCLB and similar initiatives introduced new demands and constraints which impact teachers, administrators, curricululum developers, unions, parents and students.
This state-of-the-art publication addresses the emphasis of change permeating the educational world today. This ground breaking work features strategic ways to organize schools, the process/focus and value of collaboration and small learning communities and teaching in variable length time-periods. A hands-on approach, Making Creative Schedules Work also focuses on the best practices, small learning communities, and the critical elements of complementary professional development.
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 Case Studies Driven by district objectives, state takeovers, standards based learning and NCLB, issues facing educators creating and effectively delivering public education remain complex. Among the key challenges facing schools and districts today is the requirement to balance traditional teaching goals with the specific requirements of "standards of learning" requirements and other state / local mandates in and for education.
Like qualities of a fingerprint, each solution is unique - and yet shares characteristics common to others. From urban school settings in New York State to the challenges in the classrooms and central offices of Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland or Nebraska - the demands thought to be "unique" to a school / district are ringing true across the nation.
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 Standards Based Learning: Impacts & Issues
Check back with this space for updates on issues and activites to help your school / district succesfully navigate the complex and often difficult waters of scheduling for testing performance.
 Hot Topics - Middle Grades. Emerging adolescence remains a hallmark of the middle-grade years. Introduction of new programs of study, magnet and advancement programming, and other student-responsive resources are increasingly commonplace - furthering the challenge administrators and schedule designers face to develop, create and implement schedules that are broad, dynamic, flexible and can faciliate the structure for effective (and successful) learning objectives to be reached. Check this space in coming weeks for discussion, contents, links and more related to this important area in education.
 Hot Topics - High School. The High School years have always been a time of discovery and diversity - demarking the point from which students are prepared for college and beyond. Increasing populations, greater breadth in course offerings, sporting activities, the arts and unparalleled demands in core subject area learning and proficiency have fostered the most challenging environment(s) ever for teachers, administrators and specialists responsible to provide the scheduling framework to make it all possible. Check back here in coming weeks for discussions, links, and resources dedicated to this special area!
 Superintendent's Corner : School district superintendents and their central office staff members face a new and increasingly complex set of issues, demands and objectives. Caught between the demands and interests of teachers, students, administrators, legislators and the public interest -
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