“Make laws,” she answered. Her daughter, Sofia, replied as many nine-year-olds would: by asking if her mother could make a law banning homework. “It was kind of a joke,” Schiavo, a ...

Young, who teaches second grade at the Godley, Texas school, sent home a letter on Tuesday, August 16 notifying parents that she would not be assigning any homework for the entire school year.

The legislation will not ban homework, but it formally encourages local school boards and educational agencies to establish homework policies that consider impacts on students’ physical and ...