'There's only so far I can take them' – why teachers give up on struggling students who don't do their homework
- Written by Jessica Calarco, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Indiana University
Failure to complete homework leaves students in the lurch.MoMorad via Getty ImagesWhenever “Gina,” a fifth grader at a suburban public school on the East Coast, did her math homework, she never had to worry about whether she could get help from her mom.
“I help her a lot with homework,” Gina’s mother, a married,...