The superintendent of Marion County schools in Florida has just issued a "no homework" mandate for the district's 31 elementary schools starting this fall, reports WESH 2.
Superintendent Heidi Maier cites research that nightly homework assignments haven't been shown to directly impact a child's academic advancement, and wants parents to instead "assist your child in self-selecting their own text that inspires them" and spend 20 minutes a night reading to or with them.