Some critics argue that block scheduling is not beneficial to students as it is inevitable they miss school once in a while. With block scheduling, one class period is the equivalent of two traditional class periods. If a student misses one day, they will miss out on class time, participation, experiments and instructional time that usually cannot be made up without a large amount of effort on both the students, teachers and parents (Cromwell). Not only is student absence an issue but also teacher absence is another issue. If a teacher is absent are substitutes really qualified to teach a ninety minute class period? Already students have a hard time when a teacher is absent because the teacher has certain rules and expectations for behavior and the teacher knows the students better. Hence, these are the reasons why students won’t benefit from a block
Some critics argue that block scheduling is not beneficial to students as it is inevitable they miss school once in a while. With block scheduling, one class period is the equivalent of two traditional class periods. If a student misses one day, they will miss out on class time, participation, experiments and instructional time that usually cannot be made up without a large amount of effort on both the students, teachers and parents (Cromwell). Not only is student absence an issue but also teacher absence is another issue. If a teacher is absent are substitutes really qualified to teach a ninety minute class period? Already students have a hard time when a teacher is absent because the teacher has certain rules and expectations for behavior and the teacher knows the students better. Hence, these are the reasons why students won’t benefit from a block