{"id":16773,"date":"2016-08-27T00:29:21","date_gmt":"2016-08-27T00:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=16773"},"modified":"2016-08-27T00:29:21","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T00:29:21","slug":"highland-park-goes-homework-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=16773","title":{"rendered":"Highland Park goes homework-free"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Homework.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16774\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Homework.jpg\" alt=\"Homework\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Homework.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Homework-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Four hundred students at Highland Park Elementary School here in Amarillo have received an early-in-the-school-year gift from their principal.<\/p>\n<p>They won&#8217;t have homework this year, according to a letter sent to parents from Principal Vanette Barrett.<\/p>\n<p>The letter mirrors an letter also sent out by a Fort Worth teacher, which I noted in an earlier blog post.<\/p>\n<p>This is an interesting trend &#8212; perhaps you can call it that &#8212; in education.<\/p>\n<p>It fascinates me greatly. I hope that this yearlong experiment that Barrett is conducting at her school works well for the students and teachers.<\/p>\n<p>Barrett told the Amarillo Globe-News that studies have revealed that homework doesn&#8217;t necessarily improve students&#8217; academic performance. She also told the newspaper she considered implementing the no-homework policy since the spring.<\/p>\n<p>The letter that Barrett sent had gone viral earlier and it encourages parents to spend more time with their children and to make sure they get to bed early.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It sounds so simple,&#8221; Barrett told the G-N, &#8220;but those things truly help the child more than sitting at home and doing a worksheet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Do you think?<\/p>\n<p>Good luck with your experiment, Principal Barrett.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four hundred students at Highland Park Elementary School here in Amarillo have received an early-in-the-school-year gift from their principal. They won&#8217;t have homework this year, according to a letter sent to parents from Principal Vanette Barrett. 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