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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is zero vertical articulation between elementary and middle schools. 6th grade teachers are basing their view of 7th grade on who knows what—certainly not the input of the 7th grade teachers.

Research has shown homework to be relatively useless. Those who need more practice either don’t do it, or do it incorrectly. Those who do it  don’t need it. Kids are stressed enough. Little/no homework is a good thing.

—MS teacher[/quote]

As a student, as we all were once, I don't understand this 'research' on homework. It certainly helped me. For example, it is hard to cover all possible variations in a geometry lesson during class, so students are give problem sets as homework. The students do the homework and the teacher can see where the students are struggling and address the issues. Saying that some students won't do it or will do it wrong is no excuse for not giving homework. Doing it wrong could very well be the teacher's fault. We could certainly debate the AMOUNT of homework.

Perhaps as a teacher you don't want to deal with it.[/quote]

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