Sep
11
(This is from my reply to a September 7 article in the Omaha World-Herald titled “Schools Redefine Homework.” http://www.omaha.com/article/20110907/NEWS01/709079949/0&frompost=1) As a tutor, I agree that children sometimes have an eye-popping amount of homework. But what some call “homework,” I call “practice.” It’s the practice of the concepts taught in school, and those concepts are what …
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Dec
07
My primary through high school students often sigh, “Why are they torturing me with this writing assignment?” I know there’s a long tunnel between the basic five-sentence paragraph in primary school, the mind-wrenching AP English essay, the rapid fire SAT writing sample, and an adult presentation. But the skills and demands remain the same: make …
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