What do you think of this policy?: Homework Counts For Less For LA Unified Students [View All]

[bluestateguy]

I can see the merits to this. So much homework is just pointless busywork, and some teachers really do pile it on way too much.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/27/homework-counts-for-less-for-la-students-_n_885310.html

Homework is one of those necessary evils, but it's not going to count for much for LA students anymore.

The Los Angeles Times reports that the country's second largest school system, Los Angeles Unified, is rolling out a new policy where homework can only count for 10 percent of a student's grade.

Students will no doubt be thrilled by the new policy, but teachers are worried it will encourage students to slack off on doing their assignments -- and even could penalize hardworking students who receive higher marks for effort, reports KTLA.

But it's being done to try to create a level academic playing field. The policy claims that "varying degrees of access to academic support, for whatever reason, should not penalize a student so severely that it prevents the student from passing a class, nor should it inflate the grade," and is a refection of the many issues that face LA's students.

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