Homework overload? Readers sound off
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It’s Day 1 of the Los Angeles Unified School District’s new policy that homework can account for no more than 10% of a student’s grade. Though the policy doesn’t limit how much can be assigned, some parents -- particularly those of overachieving children in highly competitive schools -- are cheering the hint of change. For them, the sheer volume of homework is having too many negative effects on family life: the missed meals, the weekends not spent together. What is the point of vacation, they ask, if kids are assigned 25 hours of reading?
Not everyone, of course, feels the same way. We asked for reader feedback during the reporting of the story, and the opinions and anecdotes that you shared became the basis for Deborah Netburn’s article on homework overload.
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