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They're dropping the homework requirement. This is a huge amount of extra study time to absorb and practice what you've learned throughout the day.

• jjeaff 5y ago
  Underprivileged or not, homework assignments are ridiculously over assigned. Kids go to school for 8 hours to learn, then they are expected to go home and ... work some more? Just like I don't think it is fair for my employer to expect me to work when I go home, children should stop school work when they go home. There is usually a 1 hour study hall period for students in high school. Teachers should either provide time in class to do any assignments or limit the time required to do those assignments to whatever share of that daily study hall hour they can negotiate among the other teachers/subjects.
  • Lhiw 5y ago
    This is how you fall behind on the world stage. I'm not suggesting Japan's approach to homework is a good thing to model, but I am suggesting Korea's approach to teacher superstars is. Homework is a tool, you can use it to your advantage or abuse it. I'm not going to suggest I know the net best outcome for all students but I suspect, more time practicing is going to help for a lot of students. Especially the ones that don't learn well around others.