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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Homework is already "graded for completion" rather than for content in ES, so this doesn't feel like a huge shift.

However, I think this is the wrong direction. The MCPS approach seems to be that homework is too hard for some kids to complete if their parents are not English speakers, or if there are generational trauma issues.

So, [b]instead of working with families and re-emphasizing the importance of education,[/b] MCPS just "drops the rope."

Contrast this with DCPS and PGCPS, both of which also have issues of English language learners and generational poverty. Those districts double down on homework, and radically scale up parental engagement, rather than just throwing up their hands and deciding it is too hard. [/quote]

This is what is so insulting to so many poor families and Latino and Black families. It is so easy for the district to spin that we don't care about the importance of education when the homework that is given is not easy for a student or parent to understand and to complete independently. I pointed out in an earlier post the directions on one second grade assignment had a reading level of 7th grade. If the district merely sent home math fact practice of addition and subtraction in first and second grade and multiplication/division practice in third and fourth grade so that every student knew all their math facts instantaneously it would be immensely helpful for all students. Families would understand the homework and know how helpful it is to know math facts. Then add phonics homework in K-2/3. And reading comprehension sheets in upper elementary grades. Read a few paragraphs and answer questions at the level you are reading. [/quote]

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