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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree that homework in the traditional sense isn't great for PK. My charter doesn't have daily homework, but does send home projects to work on over the summer and Christmas break -- but there's no actual enforcement. I think the idea behind a lot of the PK and K homework is to get parents to be engaged with their kids. Some of the things folks are describing as homework (e.g., reading an age appropriate book together once a week) are honestly things I'm doing anyway (and more).

I actually suspect that you'll find more schools that have "homework" where there's more concern about whether parents are engaging kids at home. So, e.g, where you have a lot of high SES families with the time or resources to engage their kids on a regular basis, you're less likely to see regular "homework."

Of course, I have absolutely no data to support my hypothesis. Just my thoughts. =)[/quote]

Over 70% of DC public and charters qualify for free or reduced lunch. So teaching to the masses means reading prep, homework and etc. it is clearly a parent issue. Teachers have to teach academics and social skills, if not then DCUM parents trash test scores. No win situation.[/quote]

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