As students begin school, educators are reconsidering homework to allow for more time with family. Do you support schools doing away with homework? Listen to The Larry O’Connor Show today from 3pm – 6pm to share your opinion.
pinned an article, Father Objects when School Ends Third-Grader’s Regular Homework. An excerpt of the article is below:
About three weeks into his daughter’s third-grade year in Fairfax County, Joseph Devlin realized she was getting no homework. It was a new policy, he learned, for which there had been no warning or discussion. It was not formally explained to parents until Sept. 20.
Most writing about homework these days is extremely negative. Alfie Kohn’s notable book “The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing” is a good example of the prevailing opinion that it sucks the joy out of childhood and should be cut back or eliminated. [Read More]
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