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!) It seems to me that this issue is bigger than your just your school. I would bring this up with the principal of your school. Together, you may go to the county school board. Some sort of intervention needs to happen with that middle school - their homework practices are not building up students towards success. Yes, they are making your job more difficult, but the bigger problem is that they are doing a disservice to the students.