math homework?

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Anonymous wrote:Fairfax does not allow grading of homework.

Equity in education! Not all parents want to or have the time to sit with their child to facilitate homework completion. So, no is required to do homework.

I fail to see how this will lead to more equitable outcomes. Rather it's a race to the bottom.

Well, for one, it penalizes kids that lack home support. It penalizes children with disabilities like ADHD. And it doesn't really do anything. If the child can do the problems without support, they likely don't need the practice, and if they can't do the problems, they likely need instructional support that won't be provided at home. It cannot be assessed in any meaningful way because the teacher does not know the conditions it was done under. Homework has always been makework bullshit.

Im curious what kind of independent study skills and time management skills these kids have once they reach college.

Taught/reared by that poster, children would never make it to college. The existence of such comment in any school forum is abhorrent and sad.

Source?

[Anonymous]

DS’s Teachers have said that they expect there to be an hour of homework a day. That includes 30 minutes of independent reading. They also said to set a timer for 30 minutes and stop at that time. Write a note that this is where the kid was at the 30 minute mark. It helps them understand where kids are and hopefully makes homework less stressful for kids who are struggling a bit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a fine policy to apply to parents, but I don't want any teacher telling my kid that homework is optional. It's not optional in my house.

To the vice signalers sarcastically yelling about "Equity!", call the school board and demand longer school days and more math time.

If your kid got to 4th grade without understanding that you set the rules at home, and they might be different from school, then that's the issue you need to target.

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Anonymous wrote:Fairfax does not allow grading of homework.

Equity in education! Not all parents want to or have the time to sit with their child to facilitate homework completion. So, no is required to do homework.

I fail to see how this will lead to more equitable outcomes. Rather it's a race to the bottom.

Well, for one, it penalizes kids that lack home support. It penalizes children with disabilities like ADHD. And it doesn't really do anything. If the child can do the problems without support, they likely don't need the practice, and if they can't do the problems, they likely need instructional support that won't be provided at home. It cannot be assessed in any meaningful way because the teacher does not know the conditions it was done under. Homework has always been makework bullshit.

Im curious what kind of independent study skills and time management skills these kids have once they reach college.

I teach seniors, many of whom have never had large amounts of homework even in high school, and what little they did have was done during the homeroom/study hall block.

They come back to visit as college freshmen fairly often (6 or 7 a year) and they all say they were able to adjust pretty quickly. Kind of like when you change jobs and policies/procedures are different. It takes a few days to get the hang of it, but then you’re good to go. There is no reason elementary/middle/high school need to replicate college.

There's a huge range of difficulty, mainly dependent on the subject (i.e STEM, vs many humanities), and the specific school which usually determines the rigor level. It's possible that they were just mature enough to adjust (i.e jump from very little, to putting a lot of effort in), but it's also possible that whatever subject at whatever school they're attending, just is not really rigorous. Case in point: I had a writing seminar class that had almost no homework most of the time, except for occasional essays that could be done even as late as 1-2 days before being assigned. In contrast I had a physics class (same year, same number of credits) that required 1 hour+ a day and including weekends to learn the material well enough to get an A on the exams/finals. Very large spread in difficulty.