Schools ditching homework for younger students in favor of reading, family time

When the school year begins Thursday at Marion County Public Schools in central Florida, the district’s 20,263 elementary school students will come to class sure of one thing: No matter what the school day brings, most nights they won’t have homework.

Instead, Superintendent Heidi Maier is urging families to read with their kids every night for at least 20 minutes — any book, newspaper or magazine of their choice. The Bible works, as does Popular Mechanics, Harry Potter or Walter the Farting Dog.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/08/09/schools-ditching-homework-younger-students-favor-reading-family-time/553305001/