Sentences with phrase «other bell schedules»
On Nov. 2, 78 percent of MSD teachers voted to explore the possibility of other bell schedules, including 4 × 4 AB block schedule, for the 2017 - 2018 school year.
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Other schools, however, have remained tethered to time - based practices, such as bell - schedules, end - of - unit assessments, and fixed whole - class pacing.
Giroux caricatures the traditional classroom as one where «students sit in rows staring at the back of each others» heads and at the teacher who faces them in symbolic, authoritarian fashion»; «events are governed by a rigid time schedule imposed by a system of bells and reinforced by cues from teachers»; we «glorify the teacher as the expert [and] dispenser of knowledge»; «social relationships... are based upon power relations inextricably linked to the teacher's allotment of grades»; and tracking «alienates students from schooling.»
To arrive at the new figures, Abrams pored over teachers» contracts and bell schedules for a sampling of districts where the amount of instructional time is close to the national average — and accounted for days lost to standardized testing, professional development, and other reasons.