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...street in Dorchester, 6-year-old Tony runs up to Nguyen and grabs her hand to hold all the way to the Vietnamese American Community Center, where he works on his homework after school. As Tony, one of Nguyen’s students from the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) BRYE program, showed off his artwork and read aloud “Five Little Pumpkins,” Nguyen whispers, “He’s definitely one of my favorites, even though we’re not supposed to have favorites...
...backing of her boss, she convened a meeting of parents, clergy and community leaders. They shared their alarm over the growing numbers of elementary students wearing knee braces because of injured and overused limbs, the burnout among high school students who wanted no part of varsity athletics and the homework load that forced schoolkids of all ages to lug backpacks heavy with books. "We're creating a generation that's overscheduled by parents, overtested by teachers and overtrained by coaches," Garland Allen, director of wellness for Ridgewood schools, told the attendees...
...group developed the first Ready, Set, Relax! project for March 26, 2002. The concept was straightforward. Elementary and middle schools would not assign homework. Youth sports teams would cancel practice. Clubs and tutors would schedule no meetings or lessons. And parents would come home from work in time to have dinner with their kids and focus on family matters. "A lot of people were grappling with these issues, but no one was sure how or where to cut back because no one wanted to risk having their kids miss out or lose their place academically or athletically," says Marra...
...spends two hours at tennis-team practice. And if she doesn't have an evening rehearsal or performance with the school wind ensemble, she tackles her duties as a yearbook editor, the sailing-club president or the head of a charity for the homeless she founded--before turning to homework. "There are times when I'm up late with my textbooks with so much to do, so little time and my head in my hands, wondering how I'm going to get it all done," admits Marielle, an early-decision applicant to an Ivy League school. "But I'm doing...
...archive will allow BBC-owned content--from news to sport to drama--to be downloaded and used for noncommercial purposes. Initially, the Beeb envisages educational uses like schoolchildren downloading documentary footage for their multimedia homework projects. However, though the BBC has offered no launch date or technical details, the creative archive can also be seen as a play by the company to position itself as a major force in global broadband...