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'''Block scheduling''' or '''blocking''' is a type of academic scheduling used in some schools in the American [[K-12|K-12 system]], in which each [[Student|pupilstudent]] has fewer but longer classes per day than in a traditional academic schedule. It is more common in middle and high schools than in primary schools. Each class is scheduled for a longer period of time than normal (e.g. 90 minutes instead of 50). In one form of block scheduling, a single class will meet every day for a number of days, after which another class will take its place. In another form, daily classes rotate through a changing daily cycle.<ref name="Tai"/>

Blocks offer more concentrated experiences of subjects, with fewer, usually half as many if going through a schedule transfer, classes daily.