One thing I have learned working in an international school is the importance of properly scheduling time. As education evolves and focuses more and more on learning in depth rather than broadly, how a student’s day is divided is extremely important. Schedules that are created to accomodate more periods and less time do not allow for maximum productivity if the goal is to study more in depth. In addition, when you attempt to integrate technology into the classroom, a shorter period of around 40 minutes makes proper integration very challenging. This article from New York Times, entitled At Elite School, Longer Classes to Go Deeper raises this issue. What do you think?