Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Assigning Homework I am co-director for a STEM Academy at the high school that I teach at. One of the biggest struggles we have is students completing homework. This issue stems from the middle school they come from. Two different middle schools feed into our high school. One middle school does assign homework. The other middle school does not assign homework. Therefore, when the students get to high school half of our students will complete the homework, and the other half will not complete the homework. When analyzing the students that complete and do not complete the homework, the majority of the students that do not complete the homework are from the middle school that does not assign homework. What can I do as a teacher and co-director to aid in this issue of not completing homework? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Hello! I would try and focus on positive encouragement! I know it may seem silly for high school students to get rewards but even if they get certain points for handing in homework and then they can get a privilege after a certain number of points is reached it may get the students to want to complete their homework. Also starting off at the beginning of the year with classroom rules and expectations is going to be super important.