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You are here: Home / Archives for homework struggles

New York Elementary School Eliminates Homework

March 6, 2015 by Tanya Cruz Leave a Comment

Instead of hours of at-home math and grammar worksheets, the students of one New York City elementary school will now have more after school free time thanks to their school's decision to completely eliminate homework—a move many parents aren't so happy about. In a letter sent to parents last … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life, News Stories Tagged With: elementary school, homework, homework struggles, no homework, school work, take-home assignments

Should We Ban Homework? One Swedish Town Thinks So

June 23, 2014 by Marianne Litman 1 Comment

Homework, argh. We all thought once we finished school, we were done with it. And for a while, most of us were. But then we had kids and those kids had homework, so we inevitably began working on homework yet again. The idea of reducing or completely banning homework (or, hey, why not try to at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kids, Parenting, Tweens & Teens Tagged With: homework, homework struggles, parents, school, school work, Teachers, working parents

Welcome Back Homework Blues

September 17, 2013 by Jason 1 Comment

A consistent homework strategy is something we struggle with in our household. We have tried various forms of incentive programs, better service delivery, more robust and detailed calendars and schedules, pens with smelly ink, pencils that look like giraffes, enhanced complementary computer time, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Humour, Parenting Tagged With: homework, homework struggles

Homework Horrors

October 31, 2011 by Kath 4 Comments

I'd be willing to bet that even back in the Roman Empire parents were throwing up their hands in frustration at their children's unwillingness to take out their wax tablets and practice writing their numerals; and in the ensuing centuries not much has changed, has it?I suppose there have been some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: homework, homework struggles, parenting

My Child needs help. I think…

October 25, 2011 by Cayla 7 Comments

When my daughter was in senior kindergarten, I got a call from her teacher, concerned that while all the other kids were zooming through the leveled little reader books, she wasn't.  She was stuck at level 2.   How could this be?  After all, I was a reading specialist, my husband … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: does my child need special ed, homework struggles, recognize when your child needs help, special ed stigma, Special Education

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