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Kids and parents dislike math homework, so teachers are scrapping it. Will students be better off?

A few days into the new semester this January, the LaSalle Parish school district in rural Louisiana made a pronouncement: There would be no more homework. None of the 2,500 students in this district ...
The Public's Radio

Should schools get rid of homework? Some educators are saying yes

Some experts worry that less homework could be a problem for math achievement, at a time when test scores nationwide are ...
Education Week

Reading Scores Fall to New Low on NAEP, Fueled by Declines for Struggling Students

U.S. students’ reading scores have plunged further on the test known as the nation’s report card, while math scores have stagnated for 8th graders and ticked up slightly only for 4th ...
WTHR

Nation's Report Card: 1/3 of 8th graders proficient in reading, math

ATLANTA (AP) — America's eighth graders are falling behind in math and reading, while fourth graders are doing slightly better in reading, according to the latest results from the Nation's Report Card ...