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Texas teacher's new homework policy goes viral on social media
ABC News ^ | August 22, 2016

Posted on 08/23/2016 3:43:43 AM PDT by Zakeet

A teacher in Fort Worth has gone viral after she sent home a note to parents outlining her new homework policy for the year.

In the note, Mrs. Brandy Young says, "After much research this summer, I am trying something new. Homework will only consist of work that your student did not finish during the school day. There will be no formally assigned homework this year."

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The note ends: "Research has been unable to prove that homework improves student performance. Rather, I ask that you spend your evenings doing things that are proven to correlate with student success. Eat dinner as a family, read together, play outside, and get your child early to bed."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: education; fortworth; homework; selfesteem
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Childrens is tender ... we don't want to do anything that might bruise their little egos ... or cause teecher any extra work!

1 posted on 08/23/2016 3:43:43 AM PDT by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

As a former teacher still married to a teacher, I can tell you that this teacher is more right than wrong.


2 posted on 08/23/2016 3:49:32 AM PDT by CriticalJ (Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.. But then I repeat myself. MT)
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To: Zakeet

The school day is long enough. Kids shouldn’t have to bring it home with them. Plus, homework ruins the entire family’s evening, and in some cases, weekend. Do away with it.


3 posted on 08/23/2016 3:51:56 AM PDT by southern rock
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To: Zakeet

Actually, the teacher’s plan makes a lot of sense.


4 posted on 08/23/2016 3:52:59 AM PDT by sneakers
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To: Zakeet

The school system isn’t supposed to rule a family’s life. We HIRE them to teach our kids. NOT dictate like tyrants. No homework.


5 posted on 08/23/2016 3:54:52 AM PDT by Big Giant Head
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Childrens is tender ... we don't want to do anything that might bruise their little egos ... or cause teecher any extra work!

You apparently miss the point of the teacher's memo.
6 posted on 08/23/2016 3:55:07 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: southern rock

As a kid growing up in the 1960s and 1970s....I lived on a farm. From the moment that I got home....I had chores to do (at least three hours per day). The teachers knew most kids in the class were in that category and set aside 45 minutes in the day for “study”....where you basically did all your homework. I don’t see a big issue with this policy.


7 posted on 08/23/2016 3:57:20 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Zakeet

Quality time with family (which this teacher is advocating) teaches far more than grinding away at gobs of repetitive homework. Very good call, assuming the classroom time is well spent.


9 posted on 08/23/2016 3:58:58 AM PDT by mn-bush-man
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To: Zakeet

While one can’t really make a terribly intelligent comment about the wisdom of the policy without knowing what grade level is involved, the “read together” is a hint—I’d guess somewhere in the K-4 range.

And eating dinner together—i.e. have an intact family, and “play together”—i.e. interact beyond the level of electronics—is good advice as well. Being a good reader from an intact family may not be enough to get you into a Japanese high school, but it will put you on the path to be in the top quarter of U.S. high school graduates.


10 posted on 08/23/2016 3:59:41 AM PDT by Hieronymus ( (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton))
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My response:

“Thank you for your decision which has become notable simply because it is sensible - something sorely lacking in public schools.

In light of your decision, I ask that you spend your classroom time doing things that are proven to correlate with functioning in the real world. These are, as always, reading, writing, and arithmetic. School is not an ideological day camp therefore you can leave out any ‘units’ on the joys of homosexuality, the dangers of climate change, and if my child so much as mentions white privilege one time you & I will be having a very early, unscheduled parent-teacher conference. Enjoy the school year.”


11 posted on 08/23/2016 4:00:12 AM PDT by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends.)
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To: sneakers

With both parents working in almost every family, there should be nothing that interferes with the little time they have together at home. Of course, that means limiting the distractions within the home, too, such as TV, video games, and social media. Phones should be turned off as the family eats dinner together. (No time to cook? Let everyone pitch in to make the meal.) Sending home two hours of homework after a full day for everyone is not good for anyone. Students will work harder to finish their work during class, knowing they will have to do homework otherwise.


12 posted on 08/23/2016 4:01:17 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Big Giant Head

I’d definitely disagree with you from grade 9 on, and at least argue about a few years before that, but those probably aren’t the years involved.


13 posted on 08/23/2016 4:01:39 AM PDT by Hieronymus ( (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton))
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Unfortunately, “playing together” in 2016 most likely involves electronics, even outdoors. (Pokemon Go came to mind.)


14 posted on 08/23/2016 4:03:30 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: Hieronymus

BTW—google turns up the information that the class involved is second grade. Good for Mrs. Young.


15 posted on 08/23/2016 4:03:47 AM PDT by Hieronymus ( (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton))
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To: Zakeet
Why not just have the parents do all the work for the children and let them eat, play and sleep at their own leisure?

In fact, forget about that too. Just skip the whole school thing altogether. That learning stuff is just so old fashioned and outdated now by the new age, feelgood, "everyone is a winner" stuff anyway.

Just give them all A's... No, better yet, give them all those little grad caps with the tassels and they'll feel really super about themselves.

Ya' know? We could sure save a lot of money instead of wasting it on teachers and classrooms that don't want to teach anything but dopey reading and counting numbers and all that.

They'll figure everything out on their own eventually anyway, right?

16 posted on 08/23/2016 4:04:05 AM PDT by Bullish (That establishment heads from both sides are exploding over Trump is the very best part.)
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To: Zakeet

I think reading books - of the child’s own choosing - is a better way to spend school nights.


17 posted on 08/23/2016 4:04:10 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (It is a wise man who rules by the polls but it is a fool who is ruled by them)
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To: Bullish

Clearly your opinion is the minority opinion. Even in the hallowed conservative halls of the Free Republic.


18 posted on 08/23/2016 4:06:28 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: relictele

The Texas teacher probably would respond to your response with an email that includes this:

“I agree with much of what you wrote and hope you will make your wishes known to the School Administration and the District Board at their open meetings. Your input would be valued.”


19 posted on 08/23/2016 4:07:09 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: CriticalJ

Sorry, you and your school system are more wrong than right and have been for many decades. It’s time to turn back to something that works and actually educates kids.


20 posted on 08/23/2016 4:07:28 AM PDT by Bullish (That establishment heads from both sides are exploding over Trump is the very best part.)
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