Melissa, what leads you to this little informal survey on homework? You ask a pretty leading question -- did you intend to sound biased? Alfie Kohn and Robert Marzano have had an intriguing sort of dialogue going in Ed Leadership the past two months--or was it in the Kappan? I get those two mixed up! I can't take the time right now to look. Read those two articles and rephrase your question and I'll be glad to respond. This is such a hot topic right now--my school has a committee who met with three other middleschools last week and an SREB consultant to work out a homework policy and a redo policy...I'm eager to see the outcome. I've some stuff I can send you if you contact me offline. I've been gnawing on this conundrum for over a year now. Mybe I better take Will Rogers advice (see below).
Bev--chasing a red herring in Little Rock "If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging."--Will Rogers _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
