Most of my students loved this, although a few still asked for homework. Over the last couple of years, I’ve played educational whiplash on the issue of homework. The research on homework is a confusing mess of reasons for and against assigning homework. Should math teachers still be assigning homework? Many parents feel insecure about helping their children with their homework.
Also, the common core standards and the backlash against them have created math homework issues. This puts students in poverty at a disadvantage against more affluent students when it comes to homework. So many of our students today may not have anyone at home to help them with their homework. If you haven’t read it, you really should because it’s amazing. Eric Jensen’s book, Teaching with Poverty in Mind: What Being Poor Does to Kids’ Brains and What Schools Can Do About It looks at this issue. I’ve taught in schools with high poverty for most of my career and that has shaped my outlook on homework. Let me start by saying that I haven’t graded homework in years.
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