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Teacher's 'no homework' policy goes viral

Posted at 12:03 PM, Aug 23, 2016
and last updated 2016-08-23 15:04:11-04
Students in a second-grade class in Texas are getting a break from homework.
 
Brandy young sent a letter home to the parents in the Godley Independent School District.
 
The letter announced her new homework policy.
 
Young said research has been unable to prove that homework improves student performance, so she said she would not be formally assigning homework this year.
 
Young wrote that instead of homework, she suggested parents spend their evenings eating dinner as a family, reading together, playing outside and getting their child to bed early.