Time Out

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Christopher T. Cross: Time Out, Edutopia August 30, 2005
The traditional scheduling of school classes - starting at nine, each one running for fifty minutes - depends on the dubious asumption, as the author notes, that "students arrive at school ready to learn in the same way, on the same schedule, all in rhythm with each other." Not only that, the author also bemoans the gradual shrinkage of learning time. More...