According to the post-gazette.com, a new homework policy in West Allegheny, Pennsylvania sets limits for the maximum amount of time students should spend on homework each night. The guidelines also state that test preparation counts as homework and a student shouldn’t have more than two tests on the same day. If a student consistently spendsContinue reading “West Allegheny, Pennsylvania, School District Implements Homework Policy Setting Maximum Time Limits”
Category Archives: Success Stories
After Studying Homework, Teachers at One Canadian Junior High Cut Way Back on their Assignments
A principal from Edmonton, Alberta, asked the teachers at his junior high school to do their own summer reading on whether homework actually works. The result, as reported by Toronto, Canada’s, Globe and Mail: “With their return to the classroom this fall, teachers at the affluent Edmonton school are thinking twice about the pages ofContinue reading “After Studying Homework, Teachers at One Canadian Junior High Cut Way Back on their Assignments”
From a Fourth Grade Teacher
I received the following email from a fourth grade teacher in the Lincoln Consolidated School District near Ann Arbor, Michigan: Last year we had the homework issue come up in an aggressive move from our principal to try and regulated homework across grade levels. It is so over the top! The amount of homework heContinue reading “From a Fourth Grade Teacher”
Palo Alto High School Teacher Refuses to Assign Homework
A Palo Alto, California, high school teacher, has stopped assigning homework to his world history and advanced placement economics students, according to an article in sfgate.com, After years of teachers piling it on, there’s a new movement to … Abolish homework. The teacher has found that his students achieve a 94 percent pass rate–a rateContinue reading “Palo Alto High School Teacher Refuses to Assign Homework”
Success Stories
In the past week, I’ve received a lot of email from parents across the country who’ve started discussing the homework problem with their children’s teachers and among other parents in their children’s classes. Their letters are inspiring. For example, this morning “HM” wrote me: After gaining insight from your book about how to approach homeworkContinue reading “Success Stories”
Send me your questions and your success stories
Are you frustrated with the nightly homework routine? Are you wondering whether a particular assignment is worth your child’s time? Are you thinking about saying something to your child’s teacher, but don’t know what? Do you want to get together with other parents and make some changes at your child’s school? These questions, and manyContinue reading “Send me your questions and your success stories”
Some Boston area high schools cut back on summer homework
Realizing that high school students need a break from school work over the summer, three Boston area high schools have severely limited the amount of work teachers can assign, according to an article in The Boston Globe, Summer plans: Fewer pencils, fewer books. For the second summer in a row, teachers at Needham High aren’tContinue reading “Some Boston area high schools cut back on summer homework”
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