Brandy Young teaches 2nd grade at Godley Elementary School in Godley, Texas.
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A pleased parent posted a photo of the letter on her Facebook page, and it went viral with more than 59,000 shares...
“There will be no formally assigned homework this year,” Brandy Young explained in the letter. “Rather, I ask you spend your evenings doing things that are proven to correlate with student success. Eat dinner as a family, read together, play outside, and get your child to bed early.”
The teacher said homework just wasn’t working for her classroom anymore. So, she decided to make meaningful change.
“[Students] work hard all day. When they go home they have other things they need to learn there,” Young told CBS News. “I’m trying to develop their whole person; it’s not beneficial to go home and do pencil and paper work.”...
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