Homework: It's a Job

Homework: It's Your Job...

What if you had a full-time job that required you to be at the office 7-10 hours a day, and after you start working there, your boss tells you also needed to work offsite nights and weekends? After a few weeks, between commuting and going to the gym, the after-hours projects are taking anywhere from 5 - 20 hours a week, and you find that you don’t have a free minute. Your job performance and your home life suffer - you’re only sleeping five hours a night and you are completely stressed out. Unfortunately, this is the only job you are qualified for, so you cannot quit.

If you are a high school student these days, this is your job.

We really need to dig in on #homework.Get started with this article, as it's one of the best I've read on the subject

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar07/vol64/num06/The-Case-For-and-Against-Homework.aspx #marzano #ascd #mascd

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