Deleon’s mom, while proud of his initiative, had mixed emotions about the boys’ mission. “I was a little nervous, like ‘but I’m a teacher here, you’re supposed to be doing homework,’ that was the thought,” she said.More: Patchogue Schools Experiment With Expanded Recess, Less Homework The petition landed on the desk of North Rockland County’s Assistant School Superintendent Kris Felicello, prompting administrators to review homework policies across the district. It’s about looking at it differently and how are we going to do it better,” he said.We hope that these additional weekends are enjoyed and appreciated by your children and family." "Our goal is to support a healthy school-life balance without compromising student academics or achievement," the superintendent added.
I think everyone would agree on that,’” Deleon said.
“First thing I think — no homework, paper, signatures,” added Keeley.
For English class at New Lane Elementary in Selden, N. So every school in America has been illegally run for the past 143 years."On a whim, Ben sent a copy of his essay to the New York Daily News."And I got like this humongous section of the op-ed page," he said. his principal."You know, a famous historian once said, 'I may not agree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death you're right to say it,'" the principal said.
Y., Ben had to write about something he was passionate about - and since Ben hates homework he wrote about that. Part of his essay reads: "Homework is assigned to students like me without our permission. Slavery was abolished with the passing of the 13th Amendment to the U. It then circulated on the Internet, Ben started doing talk shows, and a monster was born. "When it is brought home in a backpack, it causes problems."For teachers and school administrators, Ben's whole argument borders on blasphemy.
According to a recent school advisory: "We are happy to announce that on Feb.
1 and May 17, all schools and teachers in the Verona Public Schools will support two homework-free weekends…
The "wellness weekends" are designed to take some of the pressure off students and have them spend more time with their families, administrators said.
"While wellness weekends do not include homework, we hope they are far more than just a weekend without homework," Superintendent Mark Toback said.
No homework will be due and no assessments will be given on Monday, Feb.
4 and Monday, May 20." Verona School Superintendent Rui Dionisio said the no-homework weekends are a critical step in the right direction.
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