German school kids are feeling the brunt of changes to their educational system with longer days - so one grammar school decided recently to bring in a homework ban to help pupils unwind.
Youngsters in grades five to nine at the Elsa-Brändström high school in North Rhine-Westphalia should have a lot more free time after the autumn holidays – as their school council have agreed to stop assigning homework.
Though pupils struggling in certain areas could still get the odd task to do, generally “no child would be having their free time dominated by doing school work” head teacher Brigitte Fontein told the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung on Friday.
Instead, teaching time would be used to do more work, as the school has mostly double periods, explained Fontein.
The decision was made after a longer school day was introduced at many high schools because a year was recently cut out of Germany's high school system. Full story...
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Youngsters in grades five to nine at the Elsa-Brändström high school in North Rhine-Westphalia should have a lot more free time after the autumn holidays – as their school council have agreed to stop assigning homework.
Though pupils struggling in certain areas could still get the odd task to do, generally “no child would be having their free time dominated by doing school work” head teacher Brigitte Fontein told the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung on Friday.
Instead, teaching time would be used to do more work, as the school has mostly double periods, explained Fontein.
The decision was made after a longer school day was introduced at many high schools because a year was recently cut out of Germany's high school system. Full story...
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