Alan: If students complete in-school assignments during the day, then "no homework" is a good idea.
The school day is plenty long enough to cover any reasonable curriculum.
During the seven years I taught public high school, it was pellucidly clear that students could achieve mastery if they used just half their time in diligent application.
It is a dirty little secret that most classroom time is spent socializing, day-dreaming, and otherwise "goofing off."
Texas Teacher Explains Why She Won’t Give Kids Any Homework
"Eat dinner as a family, read together, play outside, and get your child to bed early"
Melissa Chan, TIME Magazine
A Texas teacher’s no-homework policy has gone viral and has been widely praised after she implemented it, in part, to allow her students to spend more quality time with their families.
Brandy Young’s letter to parents has been shared on Facebook more than 68,000 since mom Samantha Gallagher posted it last week, USA Todayreports.
“After much research this summer, I am trying something new. Homework will only consist of work that your student did not finish during the school day. There will be no formally assigned homework this year,” the second-grade teacher wrote.
“Research has been unable to prove that homework improves student performance,” she added. “Rather, I ask that you spend your evenings doing things that are proven to correlate with student success. Eat dinner as a family, read together, play outside, and get your child to bed early.”
A Texas teacher’s no-homework policy has gone viral and has been widely praised after she implemented it, in part, to allow her students to spend more quality time with their families.
Brandy Young’s letter to parents has been shared on Facebook more than 68,000 since mom Samantha Gallagher posted it last week, USA Todayreports.
“After much research this summer, I am trying something new. Homework will only consist of work that your student did not finish during the school day. There will be no formally assigned homework this year,” the second-grade teacher wrote.
“Research has been unable to prove that homework improves student performance,” she added. “Rather, I ask that you spend your evenings doing things that are proven to correlate with student success. Eat dinner as a family, read together, play outside, and get your child to bed early.”
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