“We want to get input from our families to figure out what their interest is in relation to homework,” Fedders said. Right now, a parent survey is going around the district. But to just send homework home with the expectation that every student is going to be able to accomplish it, even if there’s not a parent available to help them in the evenings,” said Fedders.įedders said that pandemic-triggered learning loss has renewed their questioning of how students can continue making progress. ![]() “I think for our families who actually sit down and work with their children on homework activities, I think there’s a lot of benefit to it. In recent years, some districts have even implemented no-homework policies, as students. That is a policy Superintendent Matthew Fedders inherited when he joined the district two years ago. How much homework students should get has long been a source of debate among parents and educators. Meanwhile, the Central Vermont Supervisory Union in Williamstown doesn’t mandate homework for its six schools but does have some teachers who offer work for families who request it. So, we try to make sure they have everything they need available here,” said McKeen. And we can’t assume that students have the resources they need to be successful. “Every student’s situation is a little different. She said a large evolution of homework at RHS means there is more support during the school day while students are in a “flex block.” Like Trifilio, she agrees that homework wouldn’t be the most appropriate way for students to fill learning gaps. Now, the goal is to only assign work that’s purposeful, not busy work. ![]() Rutland High School Associate Principal Bianca McKeen said that thoughts around homework have shifted in the last 10 to 15 years. I would not want to go back to implementing homework,” said Trifilio. “We’re trying to work with catching up as far as, with a pandemic trying to figure that out. But he said the pandemic has shown a slide in students’ academic, social and emotional well-being. He said it also creates an equity issue because not every student has the resources to help them with school when they leave the building. He says the policy was created because there’s minimal if any correlation between homework and achievement.
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