Promote and empower what works. <![CDATA[Relive Memories while
Raising Money for K-12 Schools from Old School Photos]]> Wed, 20
Mar 2013 08:13:20 -0700 <![CDATA[Can a National Campaign Get
Schools to Rethink Homework?]]> Summer vacation means the
nation's students have a respite not just from the school day
but from the hours of homework they're required to complete
every night. Homework evangelicals will tell you that assigning
kids math problems to do while seated at the kitchen table helps
them master what's been taught in class. But for the nearly
18,000 parents, educators, and policy makers who signed a
petition presented to the National PTA last week advocating new
"Healthy Homework Guidelines", homework as it's currently
implemented in schools kills students' curiosity and inhibits
learning.  The campaign was created by the Race to Nowhere
Community, a movement that grew out of support for the
grassroots 2009 documentary Race to Nowhere which took a hard
look at why so many students are breaking under