I recently heard from Lisa Grady, a parent of a fourth-grader from a community of 35,000 in southern California, who helped to form a group of fourth-grade parents in her pre-K – 5 elementary school. The group calls itself “For the Love of Learning” and has a mission statement: “To partner with our teachers toContinue reading “From My Mailbox: Fourth-Grade Parents in One School in Southern California Begin to Organize”
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Math Homework Gives Parents Anxiety
According to a survey conducted by Russell Research, nearly 3/4 (72%) of parents surveyed reported that their child has math homework on most school nights. Seven out of ten parents (71%) say that because the approach to teaching math has changed since their school days, it’s taking them more time to help their child completeContinue reading “Math Homework Gives Parents Anxiety”
First Monday
This coming Monday is the first Monday in April. As suggested in The Case Against Homework, and in this blog every month, I recommend that every parent send a note expressing her/his views on homework to her/his children’s teachers, administrators, or School Board members on the first Monday of every month. As always, please letContinue reading “First Monday”
Advice Needed: Part 2
In my last blog entry, I asked you to post comments to help out the woman from Pennsylvania who is struggling with her child’s teachers and school. Although I’ve received dozens of emails in the interim, only two people posted their suggestions on the blog. So again, here’s my plea: please post your suggestions inContinue reading “Advice Needed: Part 2”
Advice Needed
Each week, I get more and more email from parents around the country about how to handle homework problems. On occasion, if a person has a particularly difficult problem, I’ll answer their questions through a telephone conversation rather than just email. I know there are a lot of other activists with ideas on how toContinue reading “Advice Needed”
Inspiration from Australia
The president of the Tasmanian State School Parents and Friends in Australia (an independent community based organization formed in 1947 to represent the parents of children participating in state school education within Tasmania) has started a campaign to stop teachers from assigning homework in elementary and high schools. According to an article in
On Vacation
Stop homework is on vacation until March 19. I hope you, too, get a vacation from homework.
First Monday
This coming Monday is the first Monday in March. As suggested in The Case Against Homework, and in this blog every month, I recommend that every parent send a note to her/his children’s teachers, administrators, or School Board members on the first Monday of every month. This past week, the national media reported that theContinue reading “First Monday”
First Monday
This coming Monday is the first Monday in February. As suggested in The Case Against Homework, and in this blog every month, I recommend that every parent send a note to her/his children’s teachers, administrators, or School Board members on the first Monday of every month. Many of the emails I’ve received from parents recentlyContinue reading “First Monday”
Listen Up Defenders of Homework: Our Children Are Spending More Time On Homework Than You Think
The other day I stumbled across a blog where the blogger agreed with the Washington Post critique of The Case Against Homework that students these days just aren’t doing that much homework. The readers of that blog took the blogger to task, describing in depth the amount of time their children are spending on homework.Continue reading “Listen Up Defenders of Homework: Our Children Are Spending More Time On Homework Than You Think”
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