Giving Compass' Take:

· To improve both education equity and student success, Education Dive suggests examining schools' master schedules and focusing on using a student-centered scheduling method. With the help of scheduling software, school administrators can reevaluate available courses for students and determined the prerequisites needed for entering those classes.

· How would a student-centered scheduling method focus on student success rather than teacher convenience? How would this method promote education equity? 

· Read more about improving student success with student-centered learning.

Creating master schedules is an important task, but one that is often not recognized as part of school improvement efforts. While most scheduling is now computerized, some scheduling software is better than others at providing student-centered scheduling.

Even with the aid of computers, proper scheduling takes times as administrators determine how many seats are available in each class, the level of rigor of available classes, and if rigorous classes are open to students in equitable fashion. Personal attention to the scheduling of students also takes time but can make a tremendous difference in whether schools are setting up students to fail by combining too many difficult courses, placing students in classes that are too difficult for their abilities, or limiting their ability to take the more rigorous courses needed for college entrance or future success in their chosen field. Personalized learning and calls for more flexibility in the schedule, especially at the middle and high school level, creates further scheduling challenges.

Read the full article about student-centered scheduling by Amelia Harper at Education Dive.