Assoc Director D’Amico wants to ban all homework. Usually the #2 in command takes over as Director upon retirement of Director (she will get a $160K/yr pension)
BUT!!
Duke University Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Dr. Harris Cooper has been studying the benefit of homework for years. He said doing away with it completely is not a good idea.
“Studies do show even small amounts of homework help kids do better on unit tests. But they also help to begin shaping a child’s time management skills, their organization,” he said.
Dr. Cooper also believes homework improves self-discipline and achievement. But he cautions moderation is key.
“Teachers have a rule that they call the 10 minute rule,” he said. “You take a child’s grade and you multiply it by ten, and that’s how much time students should be spending.”
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Prsumably not having 30mins of homework will give kids more time to play videogames, snapchat, watch TV etc.
The OCSB focusses more on “soft Skills” rather than “hard skills”. This is one reason why they hate the EQAO and their declining scores: it measures hard skills
Their “6 Cs” – unmeasurable
character education, citizenship, collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking.
Do they really think that people had less “Cs” in the 1950s and 60s went they collaborated to go the moon, etc?
HOMEWORK HELPS WITH HARD SKILLS OF READING, MATHEMATICS, etc!!
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