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Teacher Becomes A Legend By Vowing To Not Assign Homework

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Students at Godley Elementary School in Texas no longer have to say their dog ate their homework… because they won’t have any for the whole school year! Second-grade teacher Brady Young sent a letter out to parents explaining homework from her classroom will only consist of work their children didn’t finish during the school day.

"Research has been unable to prove that homework improves student performance. Rather, I ask that you spend your evenings doing things that are proven to correlate with student success." The letter has been shared more than 70,000 times on Facebook and has made Young the envy of schoolchildren worldwide.

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