Meet Me in the Middle: Chapter 9

In this chapter, Wormeli essentially gives a breakdown of backward design while exploring the benefits of block scheduling. What I did find interesting was on page 102 where he said that low-achieving students are the ones who really benefit from block scheduling because of the support and adult exposure that longer class periods provide. I have always thought this sort of set up was good for me as a student and I now understand the advantage it provides to educators.