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Best practices for creating homework that raises student achievement

Homework. It can be challenging…and not just for students. For teachers, designing homework can be a daunting task with lots of unanswered questions: How much should I assign? What type of content should I cover? Why aren’t students doing the work I assign? Homework can be a powerful opportunity to reinforce the Shifts in your instruction and promote standards-aligned learning, but how do we avoid the pitfalls that make key learning opportunities sources of stress and antipathy?

The nonprofit Instruction Partners recently set out to answer some of these questions, looking at what research says about what works when it comes to homework. You can view their original presentation here , but I’ve summarized some of the key findings you can put to use with your students immediately.

Does homework help?

Consistent homework completion has been shown to increase student achievement rates—but frequency matters. Students who are given homework regularly show greater gains than those who only receive homework sporadically. Researchers hypothesize that this is due to improved study skills and routines practiced through homework that allow students to perform better academically.

Average gains on unit tests for students who completed homework were six percentile points in grades 4–6, 12 percentile points in grades 7–9, and an impressive 24 percentile points in grades 10–12; so yes, homework (done well) does work. [i]

What should homework cover?

While there is little research about exactly what types of homework content lead to the biggest achievement gains, there are some general rules of thumb about how homework should change gradually over time.

In grades 1–5, homework should:

• Reinforce and allow students to practice skills learned in the classroom
• Help students develop good study habits and routines
• Foster positive feelings about school

In grades 6–12, homework should:

• Prepare students for engagement and discussion during the next lesson
• Allow students to apply their skills in new and more challenging ways

The most often-heard criticism of homework assignments is that they simply take too long. So how much homework should you assign in order to see results for students? Not surprisingly, it varies by grade. Assign 10-20 minutes of homework per night total, starting in first grade, and then add 10 minutes for each additional grade. [ii] Doing more can result in student stress, frustration, and disengagement, particularly in the early grades.

Why are some students not doing the homework?

There are any number of reasons why students may not complete homework, from lack of motivation to lack of content knowledge, but one issue to watch out for as a teacher is the impact of economic disparities on the ability to complete homework.

Multiple studies [iii] have shown that low-income students complete homework less often than students who come from wealthier families. This can lead to increased achievement gaps between students. Students from low-income families may face additional challenges when it comes to completing homework such as lack of access to the internet, lack of access to outside tutors or assistance, and additional jobs or family responsibilities.

While you can’t erase these challenges for your students, you can design homework that takes those issues into account by creating homework that can be done offline, independently, and in a reasonable timeframe. With those design principles in mind, you increase the opportunity for all your students to complete and benefit from the homework you assign.

The Big Picture

Perhaps most importantly, students benefit from receiving feedback from you, their teacher, on their assignments. Praise or rewards simply for homework completion have little effect on student achievement, but feedback that helps them improve or reinforces strong performance does. Consider keeping this mini-table handy as you design homework:

The act of assigning homework doesn’t automatically raise student achievement, so be a critical consumer of the homework products that come as part of your curriculum. If they assign too much (or too little!) work or reflect some of these common pitfalls, take action to make assignments that better serve your students.

[i] Cooper, H. (2007). The battle over homework (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

[ii] Cooper, H. (1989a). Homework .White Plains, NY: Longman.

[iii] Horrigan, T. (2015). The numbers behind the broadband ‘homework gap’ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/04/20/the-numbers-behind-the-broadband-homework-gap/ and Miami Dade Public Schools. (2009). Literature Review: Homework. http://drs.dadeschools.net/LiteratureReviews/Homework.pdf

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About the Author: Claire Rivero is the Digital Strategy Manager for Student Achievement Partners. Claire leads the organization’s communications and digital promotion work across various channels including email, Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest, always seeking new ways to reach educators. She also manages Achieve the Core’s blog, Aligned. Prior to joining Student Achievement Partners, Claire worked in the Communications department for the American Red Cross and as a literacy instructor in a London pilot program. Claire holds bachelor’s degrees in English and Public Policy from Duke University and a master’s degree in Social Policy (with a concentration on Education Policy) from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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UK launches AI project to help teachers plan lessons, mark homework

LONDON – The British government announced on Aug 28 a “first-of-its-kind” £4 million (S$6.9 million) project to bolster artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help teachers plan lessons and mark homework.

As part of the project, government documents such as curriculum guidance, lesson plans and student assessments will be provided to AI companies to train their tech to “generate accurate, high-quality content, like tailored, creative lesson plans and workbooks”.

The generative AI tools will help teachers mark work and create teaching material, the science and education departments said in a press statement.

“Today’s world-leading announcement marks a huge step forward for AI in the classroom,” said Early Education Minister Stephen Morgan, part of the recently elected Labour government.

Science Secretary Peter Kyle said the project aims to “ease admin burdens” and will “transform how we see and use public sector data”.

The project claims to have a “first-of-its-kind approach to processing government data for AI”.

The previous Conservative government had announced investment of £2 million for AI resources in education.

A government-commissioned research paper on public attitudes to AI in education published on Aug 28 found that while those surveyed agreed AI could help teachers, there were concerns of over-reliance on the technology.

Parents and students “were worried about the loss of key social and technical skills and reduced human contact time, leading to unintended adverse outcomes”, according to the research.

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Generative AI tools are to be trained to help teachers create lesson plans and mark homework under a new project announced by the government.

The £4 million scheme will see government documents including curriculum guidance, lesson plans and anonymised pupil assessments used to train AI to create tools that can be used reliably in schools.

Research has shown that parents would be open to teachers using generative AI tools to help them with certain tasks, so they could then spend more time helping children in the classroom.

Tests of the new approach carried out by the Department for Education found it could increase accuracy to 92 per cent, up from 67 per cent when no targeted data was provided to an AI model.

Project ‘aims to ease admin burdens’

“We know teachers work tirelessly to go above and beyond for their students,” science secretary Peter Kyle said.

“By making AI work for them, this project aims to ease admin burdens and help them deliver creative and inspiring lessons every day, while reducing the time pressures they face.

“This is the first of many projects that will transform how we see and use public sector data. We will put the information we hold to work, using it in a safe and responsible way to reduce waiting lists, cut backlogs and improve outcomes for citizens across the country.”

The former government announced last autumn that Oak National Academy would receive “up to £2 million” in funding to build AI tools to help reduce teacher workload.

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Stephen Morgan, minister for early education, said: “We are determined to break down the barriers to opportunity to ensure every child can get the best possible education - and that includes access to the best tech innovations for all.

“Artificial intelligence, when made safe and reliable, represents an exciting opportunity to give our school leaders and teachers a helping hand with classroom life.

“Today’s announcement marks a huge step forward for AI in the classroom. This investment will allow us to safely harness the power of tech to make it work for our hard-working teachers, easing the pressures and workload burdens we know are facing the profession and freeing up time, allowing them to focus on face-to-face teaching.”

Many teachers already using AI

To encourage innovation under the new scheme, the government said it would also make the content store of educational data available to AI companies, with a share of £1 million to be awarded to those who brought forward the best ideas for tools to use the data to aid teachers.

According to a survey from TeacherTapp, almost half of teachers were already using AI in some form to help with their work, but the government said that these tools were not specifically trained on teaching materials used in England.

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The purpose of homework is to help reinforce what was taught in class or to have students gather extra information beyond what was demonstrated in class.

Homework is one part of daily classroom management that can cause many teachers problems. Homework must be assigned, collected, reviewed and assessed. That amount of work means homework must be designed to serve an academic purpose, otherwise, the results may be a great waste of student and instructor time.

Here are a few tips and ideas that can help you create an effective method for collecting homework every day.

Physical Homework

New teachers find out very quickly that day-to-day instruction is made much more effective when there are organized daily housekeeping routines. In developing these routines, if there is homework to collect, the best time to collect it for use in instruction is at the beginning of the period.

Methods you can use to accomplish this include:

• Station yourself at the door as students walk into your room. Students are required to hand you their homework. This greatly reduces the time it takes to complete this task because it is mostly finished before the bell even rings.
• Have a designated homework box. Explain to students how they are to turn in their homework each day. To keep track, you might remove the homework box after the bell rings and class begins. Anyone who does not get it in the box will have their homework be marked late. Many teachers find it a good idea to give students a three to a five-minute window after the bell rings to avoid possible confrontations and to keep things fair.

Digital Homework

If the technology is available, in school and at home, teachers may prefer to give a digital homework assignment. They may use a course platform like Google Classroom, Moodle, Schoology, or Edmodo.

Students may be asked to complete homework individually or collaboratively. In this cases, the homework will be time-stamped or a digital student is associated with the work. You may use that time stamp to show the homework has been completed on time.

Digital homework may include programs that provide immediate feedback, which will make assessing much easier. On some of these platforms, there may be an opportunity for a student to repeat an assignment. Digital platforms allow teachers to keep an assignment inventory or student portfolios to note student academic growth.

You may choose to use a “flipped classroom” model. In this model, the instruction is assigned as the homework in advance of class, while the hands-on practice takes place in the classroom. The central idea with this kind of digital homework is similar. In a flipped classroom, the homework serving as the teaching tool. There may be videos or interactive lessons to provide the instruction that happens in class. A flipped learning model allows students to work through problems, suggest solutions, and engage in collaborative learning.

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• When it comes to daily housekeeping chores like collecting homework and taking roll, creating a daily routine is the most effective tool. If students know the system and you follow it every day, then it will take up less of your valuable teaching time and give students less time to misbehave while you are otherwise occupied.
• Come up with a quick system to mark an assignment as late. You might have a brightly colored highlighter which you use to make a mark on the top of the paper. You could also mark it with the number of points that you will be taking off the paper. Whatever your method, you will want to make it something you can do quickly and efficiently. See How to Deal with Late Work and Makeup Work
• Return homework within 24 hours for optimum effect.
• The flipped homework in class as part of instruction. The homework is not assessed, but the students are.

Ultimately, it is not the assigning or collecting of homework that is important. What is important is understanding the purpose of homework, and that purpose can help you determine the kind of homework, be it physical or digital, that works best for your students.

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How to Plan a Homework Schedule

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This article was co-authored by Ronitte Libedinsky, MS . Ronitte Libedinsky is an Academic Tutor and the Founder of Brighter Minds SF, a San Francisco, California based company that provides one-on-one and small group tutoring. Specializing in tutoring mathematics (pre-algebra, algebra I/II, geometry, pre-calculus, calculus) and science (chemistry, biology), Ronitte has over 12 years of experience tutoring to middle school, high school, and college students. She also tutors in SSAT, Terra Nova, HSPT, SAT, and ACT test prep. Ronitte holds a BS in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MS in Chemistry from Tel Aviv University. There are 7 references cited in this article, which can be found at the bottom of the page. wikiHow marks an article as reader-approved once it receives enough positive feedback. In this case, 91% of readers who voted found the article helpful, earning it our reader-approved status. This article has been viewed 480,495 times.

It feels like homework never stops getting piled on, and keeping track of it all can feel a little chaotic. That’s where a homework schedule comes in. With a good schedule, you won’t have to worry about missing homework assignments or not having enough time to finish them, and it’s surprisingly easy to put one together. Not sure where to start? Don’t worry—we’ll walk you through what to do step-by-step below!

Setting Up a Homework Schedule

Creating a Homework Space

Understanding What Needs To Get Done

• The subject or course in which the work is assigned (for example, Spanish , algebra , French or English )
• Know what you're expected to hand in or do and ask if you do not understand (for example, turn in an essay , develop a PowerPoint presentation, or take a test.)
• The details of your assignments (for example, double-spaced or single-spaced, blue ink or black).
• Page numbers (which pages you need to read, study, or refer to complete your assignment.)
• Due date of the assignment.

Getting All of Your Homework Done

• To solve this problem, if you cannot meet all the deadlines, use a static priority rate-monotonic policy. Find the course that releases new homework the most frequently, and list it the highest (do the work first), and so forth. This is mathematically optimal among all static-priority scheduling policies. In other words, if ANY static priority scheme can meet all the deadlines, the rate-monotonic static priority scheme will meet all the deadlines, too. When the static priority scheme misses deadlines, it is deterministic - the lowest priority class assignments will be skipped, so it behaves predictably when you are overloaded. If certain assignments have the same due date, then start with the one(s) that are hardest or will take the longest.

• If you have a five-page English paper due on Friday, evenly spread the total amount of hours you believe it is going to take to complete the paper between each day.
• If you have multiple assignments to complete in one night, it may be helpful to start with the most challenging on and leave the easier ones for later.
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• Avoid distractions such as TV, video games, phone conversation, or surfing the internet. You must fully devote your schedule to doing this. That means turning off all electronics except your lamp , clock , and room light, and, if needed, your computer. You may even want to turn off your phone. Thanks Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0

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• Try writing reminders on sticky-notes about your assignment due dates or important information you really need to remember. Put these sticky notes in a place you regularly go to in your house (such as your homework area, bedroom, or closet), so that you'll see them and be reminded.
• If you're having a really hard time concentrating, take a short break (even if it isn't your schedule break time). Even taking a walk outside for ten minutes or grabbing a quick snack from the kitchen can help you reset.
• If music with lyrics distracts you, don't try to listen to it while you do homework. Consider playing white noise or instrumental music instead to help you focus.

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Homework Planner

Our free homework planner printable will keep you organized and on top of your homework assignments. We also offer a digital version if you prefer. Both are free.

Homework Planner Template

Our free homework planner printable will keep you organized and on top of your homework assignments. If you prefer a digital version, you can open the PDF homework trackers on an iPad and write on them with a note-taking app and stylus (see digital planner ).

Select any homework planner template from the selection below. Select a format that you think will work best for you.

Homework Calendar

When I was a student, I personally loved using a homework calendar. It helped me see the bigger picture and take all of my obligations into account. You can use the homework calendar template as is or you can edit it to suit your needs. Add your list of assignments below. Add each assignment to the calendar on the due date. This is a blank calendar that you can use for any month.

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The following homework schedule is similar to the one above but it doesn’t have a list of assignments.

Add your list of assignments or homework on the due date. Mark each one once you have completed it.

Daily Homework Planner

This daily homework planner will help you keep track of assignments received and due.

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Weekly Homework Planner

This weekly school planner will keep track of the assignments and homework you received all week and when each one is due. There is also a checkbox to mark it when it is complete.

Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday

Thursday and Friday

Homework Checklist

If you select the Excel version, then there is a dropdown list to select the subject, priority, and status. You can edit the list of subjects under the “subjects” tab. Each subject is automatically assigned a color code . All assignments that are due the next day are colored red. Assignments due that week are orange and those that are due that month are yellow.

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This homework tracker can track your homework assignments, the subjects, due dates, and the status of each assignment. There is a dropdown list to select the subject and each subject will be marked with a different color. To change the list of subjects, go to the subject tab and list each subject. The priority can be either urgent, high, normal, or low. The status is either “to do” or “done”. You can change the priority or the status in the tabs.

Assignment Tracker

This Excel spreadsheet keeps track of assignments, who is responsible for each, and when each assignment is due. The color of each assignment changes according to the due date. When the assignment is due it will turn yellow. You can also open this spreadsheet on Google Sheets.

What is a homework planner?

This is a planner to track your homework and assignments to ensure that you prepare and submit everything on time. An assignment planner can keep track of all your assignments and is a great tool for priority management. However, if you have other obligations such as tests, social and family gatherings, etc, it might be better to prepare a planner that takes all your obligations into account. If you have a family gathering the day before a test, then you will know you will need to start studying one day earlier than you would have. If you don’t keep track of deadlines and everything you need to do, you might find yourself stressed or too late to get everything done. Planning will take the stress out of school and help you be more productive and organized.

How to use an assignment tracker?

Learning how to manage your time is an essential skill that will be needed later on in life as well. Time management is something that sets efficient people apart from those who do not manage their time well and get little done or even fall apart when stressed. Our job as parents is to give our children the skills and tools to manage their time well and get things done, even when they have a lot on their plate.

Start helping your kids to get organized when they are young. Help them write their assignments in their planner. Help them organize their time and schedule. The younger they are, the less they have on their plate. This is the time to help them acquire the skills they will need when they are older and obligations start to become more overwhelming. Remind your kids to review their planner regularly until it becomes a habit. By the time they are older, in high school or college, they will be able to manage their time efficiently.

It isn’t enough to write assignments and homework in a planner when you receive them. In order for a planner to be efficient, you will need to review it regularly. Start a daily habit where you check your homework calendar daily to see what needs to be done. This should be part of your child’s daily routine. If it isn’t feasible to check daily, then it should happen at least once or twice a week. If that doesn’t work, then try setting reminders on your phone.

How to make a homework planner?

Choose whether you want a weekly assignment planner or a daily or monthly planner. Whatever works for you. Scan the templates on this page and see which one you think will be the most helpful. If you like it as-is then download the PDF version. If you prefer to edit it to meet your specific needs then select the Microsoft Word version and edit as you please. Make it work for you.

If you feel comfortable using a spreadsheet then try the assignment deadline spreadsheet template above.

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Supreme Court refuses to revive Biden's latest student loan debt relief plan

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday rebuffed a Biden administration plea seeking to revive the latest plan to tackle federal student loan debt.

The court in a brief order denied an emergency request filed by the administration seeking to lift a nationwide injunction imposed by an appeals court. There were no noted dissents.

The order said the appeals court that is currently handling the case should "render its decision with appropriate dispatch."

The Education Department issued a regulation finalizing its Saving on a Valuable Education, or SAVE, plan in July 2023, the month after the Supreme Court ruled the administration lacked authority to implement President Joe Biden’s earlier loan forgiveness program.

The new effort, like the previous one, was challenged by multiple conservative-leaning states led by Missouri.

"This court order is a stark reminder to the Biden-Harris administration that Congress did not grant them the authority to saddle working Americans with $500 billion in someone else’s Ivy League debt," Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said in a statement. "This is a huge win for every American who still believes in paying their own way.”

A spokesperson for the Education Department said the administration will keep pushing to lower repayment options for borrowers.

"We are disappointed in this decision, particularly because lifting the injunction would have allowed for lower payments and other benefits for borrowers across the country," the spokesperson said in a statement. "The Department will work to minimize further harm and disruption to borrowers as we await a final decision from the Eighth Circuit."

The new proposal has several provisions, including one that would cap the amount people have to repay for undergraduate loans at 5% of their incomes. Previously the cap was 10%.

Challengers said it would require spending up to $475 billion that was not authorized by Congress. They say it should be blocked for the same reason that the Supreme Court blocked Biden’s earlier plan.

Under the “major questions” doctrine embraced by the court’s conservative justices, federal agencies cannot initiate sweeping new policies that have significant economic effects without having express authorization from Congress.

The states argued in court papers that the Biden administration’s “assertion of unfettered authority to cancel every penny of every loan is staggering.”

Other provisions in the new plan would place limits on accrued interest and shorten the payment period for certain small loans, allowing them to then be forgiven.

The states sued in April seeking to block the plan, with a federal judge in Missouri finding only that the shortened repayment proposal should be put on hold.

But in an Aug. 9 decision, the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a more sweeping injunction putting other provisions on hold.

In court papers, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar said the changes to repayment amounts are allowed under a 1993 federal law, which says the Education Department can determine the “appropriate portion” of income to calculate payment amounts and to set repayment timelines.

She said the “vastly overbroad” appeals court injunction goes beyond the new plan and blocks implementation of previous changes to repayment terms dating back to 1994, thereby “disrupting the settled expectations of borrowers who have made payments for years or even decades.”

Around 8 million people are already enrolled in the SAVE plan, with other provisions previously in effect that have allowed for repayment amounts to be reduced.

The plan has also been challenged in other courts, with judges blocking parts of it. But the 8th Circuit's decision has made those cases less relevant.

For that reason, the Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a separate application brought by a different group of states challenging the plan.

Lawrence Hurley is a senior Supreme Court reporter for NBC News.

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Rethinking Homework for This Year—and Beyond

A schoolwide effort to reduce homework has led to a renewed focus on ensuring that all work assigned really aids students’ learning.

I used to pride myself on my high expectations, including my firm commitment to accountability for regular homework completion among my students. But the trauma of Covid-19 has prompted me to both reflect and adapt. Now when I think about the purpose and practice of homework, two key concepts guide me: depth over breadth, and student well-being.

Homework has long been the subject of intense debate, and there’s no easy answer with respect to its value. Teachers assign homework for any number of reasons: It’s traditional to do so, it makes students practice their skills and solidify learning, it offers the opportunity for formative assessment, and it creates good study habits and discipline. Then there’s the issue of pace. Throughout my career, I’ve assigned homework largely because there just isn’t enough time to get everything done in class.

A Different Approach

Since classes have gone online, the school where I teach has made a conscious effort as a teaching community to reduce, refine, and distill our curriculum. We have applied guiding questions like: What is most important? What is most transferable? What is most relevant? Refocusing on what matters most has inevitably made us rethink homework.

We have approached both asking and answering these questions through a science of learning lens. In Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning , the authors maintain that deep learning is slow learning. Deep learning requires time for retrieval, practice, feedback, reflection, and revisiting content; ultimately it requires struggle, and there is no struggle without time.

As someone who has mastered the curriculum mapping style of “get it done to move on to get that next thing done,” using an approach of “slow down and reduce” has been quite a shift for me. However, the shift has been necessary: What matters most is what’s best for my students, as opposed to my own plans or mandates imposed by others.

Listening to Students

To implement this shift, my high school English department has reduced content and texts both in terms of the amount of units and the content within each unit. We’re more flexible with dates and deadlines. We spend our energy planning the current unit instead of the year’s units. In true partnership with my students, I’m constantly checking in with them via Google forms, Zoom chats, conferences, and Padlet activities. In these check-ins, I specifically ask students how they’re managing the workload for my class and their other classes. I ask them how much homework they’re doing. And I adjust what I do and expect based on what they tell me. For example, when I find out a week is heavy with work in other classes, I make sure to allot more time during class for my tasks. At times I have even delayed or altered one of my assignments.

To be completely transparent, the “old” me is sheepish in admitting that I’ve so dramatically changed my thinking with respect to homework. However, both my students and I have reaped numerous benefits. I’m now laser-focused when designing every minute of my lessons to maximize teaching and learning. Every decision I make is now scrutinized through the lens of absolute worth for my students’ growth: If it doesn’t make the cut, it’s cut. I also take into account what is most relevant to my students.

For example, our 10th-grade English team has redesigned a unit that explores current manifestations of systemic oppression. This unit is new in approach and longer in duration than it was pre-Covid, and it has resulted in some of the deepest and hardest learning, as well as the richest conversations, that I have seen among students in my career. Part of this improved quality comes from the frequent and intentional pauses that I instruct students to take in order to reflect on the content and on the arc of their own learning. The reduction in content that we need to get through in online learning has given me more time to assign reflective prompts, and to let students process their thoughts, whether that’s at the end of a lesson as an exit slip or as an assignment.

Joining Forces to Be Consistent

There’s no doubt this reduction in homework has been a team effort. Within the English department, we have all agreed to allot reading time during class; across each grade level, we’re monitoring the amount of homework our students have collectively; and across the whole high school, we have adopted a framework to help us think through assigning homework.

Within that framework, teachers at the school agree that the best option is for students to complete all work during class. The next best option is for students to finish uncompleted class work at home as a homework assignment of less than 30 minutes. The last option—the one we try to avoid as much as possible—is for students to be assigned and complete new work at home (still less than 30 minutes). I set a maximum time limit for students’ homework tasks (e.g., 30 minutes) and make that clear at the top of every assignment.

This schoolwide approach has increased my humility as a teacher. In the past, I tended to think my subject was more important than everyone else’s, which gave me license to assign more homework. But now I view my students’ experience more holistically: All of their classes and the associated work must be considered, and respected.

As always, I ground this new pedagogical approach not just in what’s best for students’ academic learning, but also what’s best for them socially and emotionally. 2020 has been traumatic for educators, parents, and students. There is no doubt the level of trauma varies greatly ; however, one can’t argue with the fact that homework typically means more screen time when students are already spending most of the day on their devices. They need to rest their eyes. They need to not be sitting at their desks. They need physical activity. They need time to do nothing at all.

Eliminating or reducing homework is a social and emotional intervention, which brings me to the greatest benefit of reducing the homework load: Students are more invested in their relationship with me now that they have less homework. When students trust me to take their time seriously, when they trust me to listen to them and adjust accordingly, when they trust me to care for them... they trust more in general.

And what a beautiful world of learning can be built on trust.

How Teachers Tackle 2024 Election Discussions

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An assassination attempt, a sudden change in candidates, and an increasingly polarizing approach to political discourse have all made the 2024 presidential election cycle one for the history books well before Election Day on Nov. 5.

But that doesn’t necessarily mean it’ll be taught in classrooms this fall.

A national EdWeek Research Center survey of educators this summer found that most teachers are choosing not to address the election in class, with some citing fear of potential parental complaints and of students’ potential inability to hold respectful conversations. Some social studies teachers have also cited concern over how legislation in at least 18 states restricting discussions on race and gender can impact how they talk about a presidential election in which these topics are at the forefront of debates.

Those who teach the College Board’s Advanced Placement U.S. Government and Politics course, however, see a golden opportunity for teachers to model civil discourse and civic engagement in classrooms. These teachers are also used to adapting to current events in real-time, such as when the College Board removed questions on Roe v. Wade from the AP exam following the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the case in 2022.

While the 2024 election cycle won’t make it on the exam this spring, given when AP exams are written, AP U.S. Government and Politics teachers shared their thoughts and advice with Education Week on how and why they are teaching the election this year.

Teachers should cover elections and other current events for civic engagement

“One of the biggest shortcomings in our society today is the lack of civic education and civic understanding by our citizenry. One of the purposes of AP U.S. Government and Politics is to allow students to develop a civic understanding.

“I want my students to be aware of what’s going on and to understand that within the scheme of the Constitution. What issues arise when a candidate decides not to run anymore, and a new candidate is emerging? How does that candidate get the delegates to become the party’s nominee? How does that candidate get onto all the 50 states’ ballots? That type of stuff my students should be aware of because that’s part of the electoral process.”

—Noah Lipman, AP U.S. Government and Politics teacher at Highlands High School in San Antonio, Texas

“I think we can talk about current events without remotely seeming partisan or ideological, but using a media consumption lens. My students are free to have opinions. They’re free to believe in whatever political party they believe in, explore that, and have those conversations. I don’t see it as my place to assert myself in that conversation. My job is to help guide them in their own thinking and see how it evolves and grows and shifts.

“There has to be a place for current events. I think that’s what makes us relevant. My belief is that I’m here in order to support my students as they learn how to become engaged in a democratic society. Is there no greater task in life than to prepare people to be engaged in [a] democratic society? It doesn’t matter whether you’re a laboratory scientist, out on a timber crew, a farmer, or working in big tech, we’re all engaging in a democratic society.

“Current events are absolutely relevant. It’s just how we go about approaching them, and how we have students learn how to talk about them, and then our roles in those conversations. I think that is so important.”

—Shari Conditt, AP U.S. Government and Politics teacher at Woodland High School in Woodland, Wash.

Navigating current events is necessary even within legislative restrictions

“We’re trying to get young people to be actively engaged members of our system, and so to just completely avoid [talking about current events] is doing us all a disservice.

“Yes, there is certainly a tightrope to walk sometimes. And yes, even in a liberal California, we have a pretty strong conservative base in this town, in this community. Really, at the end of the day, we’ll put an issue on the table. Should the government get involved and do something about it, or should the government leave it to us to decide for ourselves? And I don’t care what the issue is. That’s the question that we ask ourselves as we look to elect people in any position.

“I don’t care if we’re talking about taxes or putting in a speed bump or whatever. That’s really what it goes down to: Do you as an individual, think the government should be more or less involved in that issue than they currently are? And when I take the personal politics and take the names off of those things, kids are pretty receptive, and it feels safe.”

—Kevin Jackson, AP U.S. Government and Politics teacher at Petaluma High School in Petaluma, Calif.

“One of the things that I like to do is try to get the students to recognize trends in terms of voting patterns. There’s a really great resource that the University of Florida has called the election [lab ] —they have data, and they show models such as the percentage of eligible voters that participated in elections, and they have midterm and presidential elections.

“It’s really interesting where students can see that there seems to be a drop in participation in midterm elections. It’s a great way to introduce, why do you think that is? Obviously, you’re voting for governor, you’re voting maybe for senator [or] House in those midterm elections, but they’re just not quite as exciting as presidential elections. But then it’s a great introduction to a conflict like federalism, where you can say, how often does who the president is make a direct impact on your life? Well, with your governor, your state legislature, if they make a decision, you feel it and those are those midterm elections.

“I really like digging into exit polls. For example, after the 2016 election, I had students who were just shocked at how in the world could Donald Trump win when we broke down the exit polls. Here’s how. And then I had students do it again in 2020. Mostly, my students were online because of COVID-19. I had a student, who had a Trump flag in the background, and he stuck around after class. [He asked], ‘How did Donald Trump lose?’ And I had broken down the exit polls that showed in 2016 Donald Trump won independents, and in 2020 he lost independents, and that’s really where the ball game was.”

—Ryan Werenka, AP U.S. Government teacher at Troy High School in Troy, Mich.

“How do you do this in the current system? I would say, for teachers who are worried or stressed about how you teach this current election, I think that there are a lot of great resources that you can lean upon.

“We’re looking at what seems to be such a different type of election. But there are some historical lessons here. Theodore Roosevelt had an assassination attempt on him when he ran for president in 1912, and so if I were in a district where I felt like I could not talk about the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, then I would rely on materials on the 1912 assassination attempts on Theodore Roosevelt to draw that parallel. If I were looking at this shift in the Democratic party that emerged in 2024 and President Joe Biden deciding to step back and not run again in the 11th hour, I would go back and instead look at the 1968 Democratic [National] Convention, also in Chicago, and find resources that are available to tell that story.”

—Shari Conditt

Teachers need to cultivate a classroom culture of civility

"[In a recent class] we directly talked about civil dialogue, and we defined it, and I gave them some definitions. I had them turn to a partner, or my seating arrangement, I have tables of twos or fours, and so I say, ‘Table, for a couple minutes look at these four definitions. Which one resonates most with you? What’s the key phrase? What are the words that come out of that?’ The [students] said approach it from a sense of humility, don’t degrade others.

“We’re going to have small group and large group discussions over the course of the semester, and it’s OK to disagree, but it’s not OK to be disagreeable about it. I tell my kids I’m not here to teach from a partisan lens. I am a registered Independent voter. I’m not a part of a party. But my only bias in this whole class is, I want you to vote. I don’t care who you vote for. You’re voting in your own best interest, so make sure you do it.”

—Kevin Jackson

“We should always be concerned about building a classroom culture around civility. I think there’s a reason why people are talking about civil dialogue and civil discourse. I think there’s a concern that it’s breaking down. I think day two of all my classes this year are about creating norms. We create norms for how we talk with each other.

“What are the conditions that need to be present [to engage in a conversation]? And then secondly, what turns you off and gets you to walk away from a conversation? Those are two very simple questions, but they are exactly the questions that I ask my students.”

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Updated The UK government is set to equip teachers with AI tools to help them "mark and plan lessons."

The project , which has £4 million of government investment behind it, will feed government documents – including curriculum guidance, lesson plans, and anonymized pupil assessments – into AI models, which will then spit out "accurate, high quality content."

This is not a phrase generally associated with AI assistants. For example, we asked Microsoft's Copilot: "How many times does the letter r appear in raspberry?" It replied: "The letter 'r' appears twice in the word 'raspberry.'"

Along with a picture of a strawberry.

What could possibly go wrong?

To be fair to Microsoft, OpenAI's ChatGPT also thought there were two instances of "r" in "raspberry." Google's Gemini said: "The letter 'r' appears four times in the word 'raspberry.'"

We certainly hope they fix that before teachers start using AI assistants to mark homework.

According to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), the government aims to ease administrative burdens on teachers. UK Science Secretary Peter Kyle said: "This is the first of many projects that will transform how we see and use public sector data. We will put the information we hold to work, using it in a safe and responsible way to reduce waiting lists, cut backlogs, and improve outcomes for citizens across the country."

The £4 million in funding will be divided into £3 million for the content store itself – which will consist of teaching standards, guidelines, and lesson plans – and £1 million for AI companies that come up with "the best ideas to put the data into practice to reduce teacher workload."

Moves to deal with teacher workload have been broadly welcomed, although the use of AI was greeted with caution.

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The UK's National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) said that while it welcomed proposals on how pressure on school staff could be relieved, "we are also painfully aware that AI is not a substitute for a teacher – who will have the experience and understanding to get the best learning outcomes for children.

"We would like to engage and collaborate with the government at the earliest opportunity to scope the potential for the use of AI, identify concerns and limitations, and ensure that any implementation of AI in education is thoughtful, responsible, and ultimately enhances the learning experience for all."

Daniel Kebede, General Secretary of the National Education Union, said: "It is clear that to solve the teacher retention crisis, reducing workload must be a priority – but there must also be a serious and holistic approach both to issues of technology and workload reduction.

"This means properly engaging with the profession to fully understand the implications of AI for education – both the opportunities but also the limitations, risks, and ethical concerns that AI presents.

"Investment should be directed towards enhancing and embedding the voice of teachers and schools, so that AI tools and products genuinely reflect school and college priorities and are tested and evaluated by them."

The Register asked the government how anonymity will be protected in the training set and how the scenario where an AI might end up marking homework generated by an AI from a lesson plan produced by an AI might be avoided, but we have yet to receive a response. ®

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We heard back from one of the UK government departments, which told us that the project was still at a very early stage. On the subject of anonymity, The Register understands that pupil data will be anonymized before being fed into any models and, furthermore, the process will be opt-in for students and their parents or guardians.

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Customers say

Customers find the planner very useful and thorough with examples of how to utilize it. They also appreciate the beautiful design with floral accents and the presentation of the cover. Customers also mention that the planner has extra space for planning and notes, has a place for everything, and is sturdy. They appreciate the bible verses interweaved throughout.

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Customers find the planner useful with a planning area and examples of how to utilize it. They also say the pages are nice and thick and shouldn't rip easily. Customers also appreciate the simple, minimal, and well-made design. They say the planner is easy to follow and has a section for 9 weeks of lesson plans.

"...so when I started searching for the right planner, I wanted something simple , minimal, and well-made...." Read more

"...I love that it has a place to keep track of attendance at a glance without having to add up days on calendars...." Read more

"... It’s so helpful ! It’s also amazing if you like me do split curriculum and you are all over the chart...." Read more

"I love this planner for its simplicity and its beauty...." Read more

Customers find the planner beautiful and well designed. They also appreciate the stickers, easy tabs, and calendar.

"...soon as I took this planner out of the box, I was so pleased with the presentation of the cover ...." Read more

"...I know it will hold up the whole school year. The cover is beautiful , it’s a good size without being too big, and it has fun stickers if that’s your..." Read more

"I love this planner for its simplicity and its beauty ...." Read more

"...Not to mention it is BEAUTIFUL and filled with encouraging scripture and fun stickers as well...." Read more

Customers like the quality of the planner. They say it's high quality, sturdy, and well thought out. They also appreciate the heavy duty cover and thick pages that won't rip easily. Customers also mention that the paper quality is improved from last year, and the book is much thicker than they expected.

"...for the right planner, I wanted something simple, minimal, and well-made ...." Read more

"...The quality is great . I know it will hold up the whole school year...." Read more

"...The binding stays intact so it’s great quality and I use it EVERY SINGLE DAY!!!! Sooooooo worth the money and then some!..." Read more

"...lovely Bible verses of encouragement sprinkled throughout, and it’s sturdy and well thought out. Very satisfied with my purchase." Read more

Customers find the planner has extra space for planning and notes, multiple children, and keeping organized. They also say it has large spaces for writing, appointments, and weekly layouts to cover all their bases. Customers say it's a perfect homeschool planner for big families, with Bible verses interweaved throughout. They mention that it has plenty of room for creativity and writing down curriculum.

"...I also love that there is a pocket in the front and back of the book.I will definitely purchase one every year...." Read more

"...I love that is has attendance for each child so I can keep track of it easier. The quality is great. I know it will hold up the whole school year...." Read more

"...Plus usable for multiple kids doing multiple curriculums/assignments. I will definitely buy again for next year...." Read more

"...Heavy pages, not too detailed, I can keep track of up to 6 kids , lots of useful forms, 3 pages of planner stickers, overall the best planner I’ve..." Read more

Customers find the bible verses throughout the planner beautiful and encouraging. They also mention that it has a place for everything and is absolutely beautiful.

"...breeze to flip to the right month, there are lovely Bible verses of encouragement sprinkled throughout , and it’s sturdy and well thought out...." Read more

"...I love the Bible verses throughout , and lots of room for creativity..." Read more

"I love the beauty of this planner and the verses it includes . I'm glad it doesn't take up space with extra stuff I don't need...." Read more

Customers like the size of the planner. They say it's a good size without being too big, chunky, and proud to carry. They also like the dates and subject spaces.

"...It’s not necessarily compact , but I am proud to carry this where ever I go...." Read more

"...The cover is beautiful, it’s a good size without being too big , and it has fun stickers if that’s your thing...." Read more

"The quality is amazing. The size is a bit bigger , but it doesn’t bother me. Definitely room to write everything you need for multiple kids...." Read more

"...It’s a chunky sized book which I like! The binding stays intact so it’s great quality and I use it EVERY SINGLE DAY!!!!..." Read more

Customers find the stickers in the planner well designed and fun. They also say there are 3 pages of planner stickers.

"...There are stickers for anyone who loves that , but they aren’t overdone and there are just enough...." Read more

"...cover is beautiful, it’s a good size without being too big, and it has fun stickers if that’s your thing...." Read more

"...mention it is BEAUTIFUL and filled with encouraging scripture and fun stickers as well...." Read more

"...I can keep track of up to 6 kids, lots of useful forms, 3 pages of planner stickers , overall the best planner I’ve ever bought..." Read more

Customers are happy with the layout of the planner. They say it has everything they need to keep organized, including page tabs and a beautiful floral design.

"...I'm glad it doesn't take up space with extra stuff I don't need. I love the layout , so useful with the planning area and even examples of how to..." Read more

"Everything I needed and more, at an affordable price. Love the page tabs and beautiful floral design. Will be recommending to friends." Read more

"...From its durable construction and over all layout organization to each students (up to six) curriculum planning pages and even attendance tracker,..." Read more

"I love how it has everything to keep us organized . I would highly recommend this planner" Read more

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