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Why homework became a substitute for bad teaching

Homework used to be a means of practicing what we’d learned. These days, it's the primary instruction method. Somewhere along the line, teachers stopped teaching full lessons in class and started ...
Creating and writing lesson plans are activities common to basic teacher education courses. Before entering a classroom, young educators are taught how to meticulously plan their time for the benefit ...
I have a newly minted fifth grader at a charter school (while I don’t love charter schools, I am in a state consistently ranked nearly last in education, and his class size in public school would be ...
Google has axed an AI-powered “Homework Help” tool from its Chrome web browser after educators complained that it facilitated cheating and undermined academic integrity. The extension, which appeared ...
The moon rises between the "Tribute in Light" illuminated next to One World Trade Center (L) during events marking the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, in Jersey City, ...
In Kashipur, a student shot his teacher at Guru Nanak School. The teacher, Gagan Singh, was injured after being shot. The incident occurred because the teacher scolded the student for not doing ...
An Ohio teacher was placed on leave after visiting a student's home unannounced for missing homework. A parent confronted the teacher, and a police investigation was launched. School officials ...
Logan is a 9-year-old metalhead from New Jersey on a mission: he wants to see Slipknot live. And he's not just asking — he's making a full-scale academic argument with his homework. When Logan’s third ...
Curricula are usually structured to deliver content to students in sequential blocks—one concept follows another, and often, previously learned material doesn’t resurface until larger assessments at ...