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Reflections on Teaching, Part Two

*You ought to read “Reflections on Teaching, Part One” first. The only shake-up that has thrown me off pretty badly occurred several years ago when BTW applied for, received and accepted one of Governor Riley’s AP (Advanced Placement) grants, and our school’s total scheduling process was revamped. Our school used to be on a traditional block schedule, with four 96-minutes classes first semester and four different 96-minute classes second semester, but that format was thought to be affecting our AP Test scores, since students who took the test first semester… Read more Reflections on Teaching, Part Two