In high school, our days were scheduled in blocks. I never went. But the block-scheduling system, sometimes used in junior high or high school programs as an alternative format that mirrors college ...

Jeff Lindsay was a member of a citizens’ group in Appleton, Wis., six years ago when a school administrator came to talk to the group about block scheduling. The concept, which involves changing ...

During a typical semester, students take four or five classes at a time—for example, General Chemistry, Calculus I, and electives. So the professor for, say, General Chemistry doesn’t have students’ ...