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Should homework be scrapped?

As many schools are looking to limit the spread of Covid 19 in their schools, homework has been s...

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18.52 15 Sep 2020


Should homework be scrapped?


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18.52 15 Sep 2020


As many schools are looking to limit the spread of Covid 19 in their schools, homework has been stalled in many schools, so as to help slow the spread of germs.

So if we can do without homework for a while, then could it be scrapped altogether?

Louise Bayliss is Co-Founder and spokesperson for Single Parents Acting for the Rights of Kids, and Larissa Nolan is a freelance journalist.  They debated the merits of homework on Tuesday's edition of The Hard Shoulder.


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