What
Brookings Mountain West at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ welcomes Thomas Loveless, Brookings Institution senior fellow, for "Do Students Have Too Much Homework?"
When
Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Where
Greenspun Hall Auditorium at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ
Free and open to the public
Details
The popular press and best-selling books frequently decry the heavy homework burden of American students. Tom Loveless, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and Harvard Professor, will draw on scientific and historical data to examine how the homework load has changed for students over the years.
Loveless, also a former sixth-grade teacher and member of the Natioanl Math Advisory Panel, is an expert on student achievement, education policy, and reform in K-12 schools.
The Brookings Scholars program - a product of Brookings Mountain West - welcomes leading experts from the Brookings Institution to 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ each month to lend insight on key regional issues through interaction with campus and community leaders, collaborative research and a free public lecture held in conjunction with each scholar's visit to campus.
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