Sent to the Wichita Eagle Sept
If Colvin elementary fourth-graders work double-shifts (do their homework) for 100 days, one of their teachers will dye her hair orange ("Colvin fourth-graders challenged to meet ‘100 Days of Homework’ goal," Sept 26).
Has anybody at Colvin read the research on homework and rewards? Has anyone at Colvin read Alfie Kohn's Punished by Rewards or The Truth About Homework, books that present powerful evidence against homework and rewards? (Check out his website: alfiekohn.org, for many articles on these topics.)
Policy-makers and teachers are free to disagree with the research, but for the sake of these fourth-graders, they are not free to ignore it.
Colvin educators, do your homework before you make children do theirs.
Stephen Krashen
Original article: http://www.kansas.com/2013/09/25/3021475/colvin-fourth-graders-challenged.html#storylink=cpy
If Colvin elementary fourth-graders work double-shifts (do their homework) for 100 days, one of their teachers will dye her hair orange ("Colvin fourth-graders challenged to meet ‘100 Days of Homework’ goal," Sept 26).
Has anybody at Colvin read the research on homework and rewards? Has anyone at Colvin read Alfie Kohn's Punished by Rewards or The Truth About Homework, books that present powerful evidence against homework and rewards? (Check out his website: alfiekohn.org, for many articles on these topics.)
Policy-makers and teachers are free to disagree with the research, but for the sake of these fourth-graders, they are not free to ignore it.
Colvin educators, do your homework before you make children do theirs.
Stephen Krashen
Original article: http://www.kansas.com/2013/09/25/3021475/colvin-fourth-graders-challenged.html#storylink=cpy
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