FILE: IHB
HOMEWORK
The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board believes homework should be for well-defined purposes and reasons which the teacher and students understand. Whenever homework is given as an assigned oral or written responsibility for the students, such homework should be based on one or more of the following purposes:
Drill and additional practice to strengthen new skills introduced
in the classroom.
Complete unfinished classroom assignments.
Work on projects of short-term or long-term nature.
Participation in research activities in locating facts and data.
Extended reading for pleasure and enjoyment.
Guided reading of library books.
Homework should be clearly assigned and carefully evaluated for the student's benefit. It shall not be given as busy work or as punishment.
East Baton Rouge Parish School Board