Los Angeles Gives Students a Break on Homework - Yahoo! News
The nation's second largest school district made a controversial decision concerning the most often despised part of school: homework.
Beginning July 1, students in the Los Angeles Unified School District will likely spend significantly less time on homework each week thanks to a new policy that says homework assignments can account for no more than 10% of a students' final grade.
The policy states that while "homework is a formative tool for practice toward mastery, ... studies have shown that by limiting the weight of homework towards a student's academic grade, a truer picture of the student's knowledge will be reflected in the achievement grade."
With the bold move, L.A. Unified joins an increasing list of school districts nationwide who have placed limits on the amount of homework assigned to students so those kids can spend more time with their families, on extracurricular activities, sports and hobbies.
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It's also possible that if homework is not onerous, more students will be willing to do it.
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