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Abstract
Parallel block scheduling is a method employed in elementary schools to help reduce the student-to-teacher ratio in core academic areas such as reading and mathematics. Students are constantly moving in and out of the classroom while missing crucial instruction during this transition. Parallel block scheduling alleviates this problem and may allow for the flexibility for a school to move from a traditional to a transformational school. Benefits to schools of parallel block scheduling may be dramatic especially for the lowest achieving students.
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