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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You’re assuming why they don’t have homework. I’m a teacher and we don’t give homework because we aren’t allowed to. It isn’t equitable to give work for students to do at home when some students work after school or students have nobody to help with it. [/quote] There is an important confusion above. It is inequitable to _grade_ homework for the reason above. However, assigning homework and correcting _increases_ fairness by enabling a diligent LI / FARMS student to learn more effectively. Students from well off families do not NEED homework as much as LI students -- because the well off kids will get reinforcement at home, from a tutor, or from a commercial supplementing center. Homework that is assigned, corrected, and returned, but does NOT form a significant part of the grade, is important because it helps the diligent LI / FARMS student make up for their income / parental time gap. [/quote]
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