Suspects Break Into Home, Leave Homework Behind

Story: Suspects Break Into Home, Leave Homework Behind

After breaking into a house, then fleeing the scene, one of the boys dropped his bookbag and homework behind. It's refreshing to see that some troubled youth are still taking work home with them and focusing on their studies. It would be more interesting if the thieves were after a TI-86 to help them with their calculus.

<a href="http://leatherhead.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/homework-excuses.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://leatherhead.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/homework-excuses.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 234px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 325px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><strong>Story:</strong> <a href="http://cbs13.com/local/Suspects.Break.Into.2.1089516.html">Suspects Break Into Home, Leave Homework Behind</a><br /><div></div><br /><div align="justify">After breaking into a house, then fleeing the scene, one of the boys dropped his bookbag and homework behind. It's refreshing to see that some troubled youth are still taking work home with them and focusing on their studies. It would be more interesting if the thieves were after a TI-86 to help them with their calculus.</div>

Fifth grader urges his fellow students to 'unite against homework'

Story: Long Island fifth grader urges his fellow students to 'unite against homework'

Maybe he was on to something when he stated that homework adds stress. But comparing it to slavery? Let's not get ahead of ourselves young man. This is probably why we don't let fifth graders call the shots in education policy.

<a href="http://baronescience.info/Garfield-Homework%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://baronescience.info/Garfield-Homework%5B1%5D.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 260px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 275px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><div><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></span></div><div><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Story:</span> <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-903-NY-Education-Examiner~y2009m2d5-Long-Island-fifth-grader-urges-his-fellow-students-to-unite-against-homework">Long Island fifth grader urges his fellow students to 'unite against homework' </a></div><div></div><div align="justify">Maybe he was on to something when he stated that homework adds stress. But comparing it to slavery? Let's not get ahead of ourselves young man. This is probably why we don't let fifth graders call the shots in education policy.</></div>

Some schools eliminate homework

Story: How much homework is too much?

Many schools are downsizing the homework load, but let's just focus on the one's banning it altogether. Isn't this how we teach responsibility and help encourage learning on your own? Now we're not saying students should have hours every night, but if they don't take home what they hear in class, couldn't the argument be made that the material will be lost? So now teachers will have no choice but to spend half their day reviewing old assignments because no one went home to practice. Why don't we eliminate tests too so we don't force kids into studying either? I think this concept just continues to lower the bar for standards, and we will be left with a generation slightly less capable and intelligent than its predecessors.

<a href="http://sc2.saugus.k12.ca.us/%7Eltalmadge/images/Homework.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://sc2.saugus.k12.ca.us/%7Eltalmadge/images/Homework.gif" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 266px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Story: </span><a href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5963962.html">How much homework is too much?</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Many schools are downsizing the homework load, but let's just focus on the one's banning it altogether. Isn't this how we teach responsibility and help encourage learning on your own? Now we're not saying students should have hours every night, but if they don't take home what they hear in class, couldn't the argument be made that the material will be lost? So now teachers will have no choice but to spend half their day reviewing old assignments because no one went home to practice. Why don't we eliminate tests too so we don't force kids into studying either? I think this concept just continues to lower the bar for standards, and we will be left with a generation slightly less capable and intelligent than its predecessors.<br /></div><span> </span>