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HOW MUCH HOMEWORK?

INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN TEACHERS AT INDIVIDUAL GRADE LEVELS AND FROM ONE GRADE LEVEL TO
THE NEXT

TEN MINUTE RULE- DOES IT STILL MAKE SENSE? ARE ALL TEACHERS ADHERING TO IT?
IS HOMEWORK OF VALUE AND DEEPENING LEARNING OR JUST BUSYWORK?

ALL HOMEWORK IS GOOD HOMEWORK

RESEARCH OF HARRIS COOPER SUGGESTS A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION BETWEEN
HOMEWORK AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

PARENTS AND SOME TEACHERS SEE BENEFIT: RESPONSIBILITY, DISCIPLINE, PARENT INVOLVEMENT
MORE HOMEWORK = HIGH ACHIEVEMENT

JUST SAY NO TO HOMEWORK!

ALFIE KOHNS RESEARCH SUPPORTS GETTING RID OF NIGHTLY HOMEWORK
NO CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HOMEWORK AND ACHIEVEMENT ESPECIALLY IN EARLY ELEMENTARY
NO REAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEEPENING LEARNING
JUST REPETITION, ROTE LEARNING
PARENT INVOLVEMENT SHOULD HAPPEN IN OTHER WAYS
CAUSES STRESS ON STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, NOT TO MENTION TEACHERS!

STRIKING A BALANCE
ASSIGN HOMEWORK ONLY WHEN NECESSARY- DONT SET A CERTAIN AMOUNT PER NIGHT (BREEDS
BUSYWORK)

RETHINK TYPES OF ASSIGNMENTS

REFLECTION
BLOGGING
INVOLVE PARENTS IN THE PROCESS OF REDESIGNING HOMEWORK POLICY