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  2. Banning homework has become a trend in schools

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    According to AP, his research found that homework is much more effective for middle and high school students than it is for elementary-age kids. "Homework is like medicine. If you take too little ...

  3. Homework - Wikipedia

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    Students who are assigned homework in middle and high school score somewhat better on standardized tests, but the students who have more than 90 minutes of homework a day in middle school or more than two hours in high school score worse. [8] Low-achieving students receive more benefit from doing homework than high-achieving students. [9]

  4. Parents outraged after elementary school abolished homework

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    MIDTOWN EAST, Manhattan (PIX11) - A public elementary school in Manhattan is taking a dramatically different approach to homework, which encourages students to play more, and spend more time with ...

  5. Achievement gaps in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Mittleman states that gay men consistently perform better than straight men regardless of race, but the same cannot be said for lesbian women—black gay women perform much worse than their white counterparts. [61] Lesbian and bisexual women, however, report being much less satisfied with their education than heterosexual women in college. [59 ...

  6. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    However, there are some schools that consider a C the lowest passing grade, so the general standard is that anything below a 60% or 70% is failing, depending on the grading scale. In post-secondary schools, such as college and universities, a D is considered to be an unsatisfactory passing grade.

  7. Done with homework: More than 200 schools in UAE cancel it

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    Students at more than 250 government-run schools in the United Arab Emirates are officially done with homework. The local National newspaper reports that, starting next week, the Education ...

  8. Racial achievement gap in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The racial achievement gap in the United States refers to disparities in educational achievement between differing ethnic/racial groups. [1] It manifests itself in a variety of ways: African-American and Hispanic students are more likely to earn lower grades, score lower on standardized tests, drop out of high school, and they are less likely to enter and complete college than whites, while ...

  9. Are 4-day school weeks good for Missouri students? We just ...

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