Elementary school teacher implements 'no-homework policy': Students 'need more family time'

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A Texas teacher and mom will not assign homework to her students to give the more quality time at home with their families. 'I want to give them time to be a kid. Family time is what they need.”

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With parents and kids juggling more sports, tutoring and extracurricular activities than ever, a Texas teacher believes there’s little time left for quality family time. So, she decided to take one thing off her students’ plates: homework.

In addition to being a second and third-grade math teacher, Terry, 27, is also the mother of three “active” boys, so she says she knows first-hand how stressful homework can be for all parties involved. “I just feel like if we can let school be school and home be home and separate the two, they're recharged by the end of the day and ready for the next day,” Terry says. She also adds that there is little research to prove that homework is beneficial, pointing to higher test scores and high school graduation rates in Finland, a country that has little to no homework.

“He agrees with the whole thing and thinks that it's going to be a great way to get kids excited to reach out about learning,” Terry tells Yahoo Lifestyle. Yahoo Lifestyle’s attempts to reach the Evadale ISD Superintendent and Board of Trustees President were not immediately responded to. Meanwhile, others pointed out that not giving her students homework doesn’t necessarily translate into more family time.

Another user added that it will easier on parents who may not have the knowledge to help their kids with their work: “I like this concept because it takes the stress away, and they have an expert to ask questions of instead of having to rely on their parents who may or may not know the answers.”

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The problemis that lots of parent don’t want family time they want me time

Might work. Give it a shot. Best wishes.

If only parents didn’t have to work two jobs spend every penny on childcare and become too exhausted to spend time with their kids maybe kids would be a little less depressed less wanting to shoot up schools blame corporations and blame the government for facilitating this mess

That would be nice. Last year my little nephew had homework for kindergarten

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