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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Elimination of homework [/quote]

English teacher here. There isn’t really any homework needed for this content beyond reading WHICH kids should be doing at home at least 30 minutes a day, which almost none of my students do. If you think your class of 2028 kid isn’t doing well with reading/writing/grammar, more homework isn’t really the solution to that. You ensuring that at home they read more frequently and a variety of text lengths and genres and mediums is.

Yes there need to be changes made to the reading and writing curriculum, as I’ve mentioned throughout this thread, but truly, homework as practice really only applies to math, which requires consistent practice to master those concepts. The other content areas would be greatly enhanced not by more assignments at home but by more kids reading which builds their skills in using text features, vocabulary, reading stamina, awareness of what “good writing” looks and sounds like, and most importantly, gives them ways to connect what they read with other texts and their own experiences and what they see in the world. [/quote]

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