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JOHN T. SPENCER (john{at}educationrethink.com) is a 6th-grade ELL teacher at a public school in Phoenix, Ariz.

Abstract Often, we’ve gotten homework all wrong. It’s too much like work that children don’t want to do and little learning happens. Instead, don’t give homework unless it is specifically sought by families. There’s a lot of learning that occurs away from school, and most of it has nothing to do with worksheets.

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Print ISSN: 0031-7217 Online ISSN: 1940-6487

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