Unless there is a clear picture of instructional practices under altered bell schedules, restructuring efforts may stall as a result of disappointment and disaffection by staff members who see them as merely another wave of change that will soon disappear. Unless teachers embrace the concepts of change that follow restructuring instructional time, we face the possibility of failure.
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