She told Fox News the school hopes the no-homework policy, coupled with an extended, eight-hour school day will raise performance in the classroom. Jacqueline Glasheen is principal of Kelly Full Service Community School. College de Saint-Ambroise, an elementary school in Quebec, is the latest school to ban homework, announcing this week that it would try the new policy for a year. The K-8 school is part of a district that went into receivership in April 2015, after being declared "chronically underperforming." Last year, only one in three children in Holyoke public schools were reading at grade level. Kelly Full Service Community School in Holyoke has banned homework for the entire year, according to ABC News. Instead, the school day will be extended two hours to give students more instructional time and help they may need during the day. That will be a reality this school year for more than 500 kids at a Massachusetts elementary school. Like many kids, I'm sure she'd be happy if homework was simply eliminated. Last school year was a really big year in my classroom. She was ready to see her friends, and genuinely loves school.īut I'm sure she'll be less than thrilled once her teacher starts assigning homework. This morning I sent my daughter off to her first day of third grade. Why Giving Less Homework May Actually Produce Better Results - Resource hub for schools and districts Giving less homework may actually produce better results Rachel Basinger DecemToo much homework is the perennial complaint of students.
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