Gaithersburg Elementary School abolishes homework - DC Breaking Local News Weather Sports FOX 5 WTTG
...So, Brant got permission from the school district to implement a radical experiment: the only homework assigned here is reading...
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"We started looking, and really, it was a lot of worksheets. And the worksheets didn't match what we were doing instructionally in the classroom. It was just: we were giving students something because we felt we had to give them something."
ReplyDeleteEven if this isn't the answer, it's improvement.
Questioning one's methods is always a good idea.
Making the worksheets match up to curriculum would also be sensible and an approach more teachers and principals should address.
What about homework that requires completion of a few difficult programs or many more easy ones. Hard for those who have mastered the skill, easy, but numerous for those that need the practice.
No exemptions would be needed for homework reforms and I hope some principals take notice of Ms. Brant's initiative. Progress can be made without revolution.