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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just started teaching in FCPS.  We give minimal homework and only because they said we have to this year.  I have 90 minutes of planning time twice a week to get ready for 6 hours of teaching a day, plus all the ridiculous nonsense admin insists we do that does nothing but add work.  We haven't even started the year and I've barely slept all week, hardly had time to eat, and am already feeling like I'm going to either cry or throw up at the amount of work I am expected to do before Monday. I haven't seen my children or husband all week, and the year hasn't even started.  It's going to be a million times worse next week.

So no, I'm not sending a bunch of work home so you can feel good about it and it can add to my already enormous grading workload.  I'm at my limit.  Your kid doesn't need homework.  Studies show it doesn't even make any difference.[/quote]
It works if it’s done right. Curious. What did teachers do 20 years ago when they were regularly assigning homework?[/quote]

Twenty years ago, there were fewer demands on teachers to be social works, emotional trainers, and hallway disciplinarians. Twenty years ago, teachers had planning periods and time at work to do their job. 20 years ago, there were fewer professional development requirements and teacher work days actually let teachers work. Twenty years ago, teachers were not required to completed paper work for nearly as many kids with IEPs and attend nearly as many meetings for kids with IEPs.

Teachers are overwhelmed today because we are asking them to do way too much that is outside of actual teaching.

Signed, a Parent who is not a teacher but sees how things have changed.

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