ArmyOfNone
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I was listening to 101.5 on the way home today (not sure why) but this was the topic of debate. The East Windsor superintendant is proposing some new rules concerning homework.
Highlights include: that homework will not be graded, and it discourages homework on weekends and holidays. It sets daily time limits, essentially 10 minutes per grade level, thus calling for up to 30 minutes in grades one to three, rising to 120 minutes by high school.
I agree that HW may need to be limited for the lower grade levels. Some parents were on the radio talking about their 5th grader having 3 hours of HW. However im sure this is very much subjective as everyone does not work at the same speed.
Homework needs to be graded however. There needs to be another way to assess that the students are grasping the material other than tests.
The weekends and holidays issue im a bit on the fence about. The radio guys were saying that school is the kids job. 40 hours a week or whatever it is. We get the weekends off. Why shouldnt they? Or maybe they should limit the amount of work they get for a weekend/holiday.
Anyh00t, I was thinking of all yall teachers on the board who might have come pocket change to throw into a discussion.
I was listening to 101.5 on the way home today (not sure why) but this was the topic of debate. The East Windsor superintendant is proposing some new rules concerning homework.
Highlights include: that homework will not be graded, and it discourages homework on weekends and holidays. It sets daily time limits, essentially 10 minutes per grade level, thus calling for up to 30 minutes in grades one to three, rising to 120 minutes by high school.
I agree that HW may need to be limited for the lower grade levels. Some parents were on the radio talking about their 5th grader having 3 hours of HW. However im sure this is very much subjective as everyone does not work at the same speed.
Homework needs to be graded however. There needs to be another way to assess that the students are grasping the material other than tests.
The weekends and holidays issue im a bit on the fence about. The radio guys were saying that school is the kids job. 40 hours a week or whatever it is. We get the weekends off. Why shouldnt they? Or maybe they should limit the amount of work they get for a weekend/holiday.
Anyh00t, I was thinking of all yall teachers on the board who might have come pocket change to throw into a discussion.