Schools Axe Homework, Deadlines In The Name Of Equity: REPORT

Schools Axe Homework, Deadlines in the Name of Equity: Report - The Florida Capital Star

by Harold Hutchison   Several schools throughout the country are moving to axe homework and deadlines in an effort to increase equity, according to The Wall Street Journal. Under the philosophy of “equitable grading,” students are given more chances to show they have mastered a subject, a practice that downplays the importance of homework and eschews deadlines in an attempt to give kids who struggle with hardships at home more opportunities to l…

Schools Axe Homework, Deadlines In The Name Of Equity: REPORT

Schools Axe Homework, Deadlines In The Name Of Equity: REPORT Harold Hutchison on April 26, 2023 Several schools throughout the country are moving to axe

Schools Scrapping Homework, Deadlines In Shift To 'Equitable Grading'

Teachers across the U.S. are introducing sweeping changes to how their classrooms are governed in a bid to make education more “equitable.” Under the new learning formats, homework and deadlines will be relics of the past, as educators move toward ways to measure what a student knows at the end of a term, rather than grading throughout the entire term, which some say can introduce bias by penalizing behavior. Proponents of the new approach say t…

Schools Ditch Homework in Favor of 'Equitable Grading'

The changes aim to measure mastery and account for hardships at home, though teachers say some students are gaming the system.

Schools axe homework and deadlines for nonsensical reason

(Image by Markus Trier from Pixabay) By Harold Hutchison Daily Caller News Foundation Several schools throughout the country are moving to axe homework and deadlines in an effort to increase equity, according to the Wall Street Journal. Under the philosophy of “equitable grading,” students are given more chances to show they have mastered a subject, a practice that downplays the importance of homework and eschews deadlines in an attempt to give …

Schools Axe Homework, Deadlines In The Name Of Equity: REPORT

Several schools throughout the country are moving to axe homework and deadlines in an effort to increase equity, according to the Wall Street Journal.