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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This push for homework is pretty crazy. [b]Kids don't need it[/b], and if ppl say ot prepared them for tons in MS and HS, my question is why should they get tons at all?[/quote]

Kids do need homework.  In grade school, homework teaches children to manage their time and to manage their homework, to remember to bring it home and then bring it to school and turn it in.  It also teaches them concepts/gives them practice.  In middle and high school, homework gives practice of concepts that they learn in class.

Kids who play a sport, play an instrument, or have a hobby know that the more time you put in, the more lessons or classes you take, the more practice you do, the better you are.  But somehow we don't apply that thought to homework anymore.  And academically, it shows.  [/quote]

Homework is how I got out of a working class family and into college.  The repetition/reinforcement provided by homework made all the difference both in learning and in school grades.  Cancelling homework is really a way to trap people into the working class.  Well off families still will supplement for their kids outside school, but working class families cannot afford to supplement (because working class parents have to focus on basics - having food, clothing, and shelter).  That said, it IS important that homework be corrected & returned to the students, and also important that homework NOT be a significant part of any student’s grade.[/quote]

This is why it's so sad that teachers are held to higher standard at wealthier schools. There they have to give homework and maintain reasonable standards of rigor or the parents revolt. In working class areas of the county we get no homework, because, I guess, some kids might not do it?[/quote]

Some of the high socio economic schools banned homework as well. [/quote]

+1. Sometimes high socio-economic families want their kids to be doing other enrichment (or free ranging, depending on the family) during that time. Also sometimes teachers just don't want to grade homework. I'm not calling all teachers lazy or anything - but I've literally been told that by multiple teachers across one grade at our elementary.[/quote]

Grading homework isn’t necessary. Kids come to class and go over answers first thing with teacher. Challenging problems are worked out together as a class. It takes very little time to do this. If it’s a grade, it’s just graded for completion and a small percentage of overall grade.[/quote]

It takes longer than you think this is not a five minute process.[/quote]

In a block schedule in middle school, there's a lot of extra time in each class.  But still no homework.[/quote]

I teach MS, there is not as much extra time as you think.[/quote]

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