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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What grade is your child in OP?[/quote]

First kid in APS. Going into 2nd.

Glad to hear homework will start in 3rd, thank you![/quote]

Why do you want your kid to have homework? That is super weird and out of step with educational best practices. [/quote]

All those “does homework help” studies are about closing achievement gaps and helping bring kids to standards. And it doesn’t help them because they don’t have support at home and often have other obligations. The equity issue is real.

But for high achieving students, independent practice of learned skills, synthesis of learned knowledge with their own  interpreted efforts, and executive exercise and accountability all boosts high performing students as well. So homework is more valuable for those kids who are already high achieving. So if you want to a have a rigorous college ready child, homework is part of that. [/quote]

Homework in high school is part of that. [b]Homework in elementary, especially early elementary, is not.[/b] If you want your kid to do some worksheets, assign them yourself. If you want a kid who can take responsibility for their work without nagging, give them chores and make it clear that half the chore is getting it done without reminders.

If you want to know what your kid is doing in school, ask them.[/quote]

Says whom? It very clearly is especially if the goal is the accumulation of knowledge. Your kid isn't magically going to know what the ionosphere is let alone that the "atmosphere" is layered. Will a first grader be asked to do hard science on the subject? No. Will they be exposed to concepts of environmental processes though? Yeah, of course and they will be able to better understand that exposure if it is not the first time they are hearing the words "photosynthesis", "atmosphere", and "recycling".

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