{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Teachers' Playbook: Where Passion Meets Practice","title":"Rethinking Homework with Rick Wormeli, Part 1","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1534,"description":"Homework is one of education's most debated practices—but the better question may not be whether teachers should assign it. The better question is: What is the homework designed to accomplish?\n\nIn part one of this conversation, host Paul Murray sits down with educator, author, and consultant Rick Wormeli to examine the real purpose of homework. Rick challenges teachers to move beyond routine assignments, compliance grades, and one-size-fits-all practice—and instead use homework intentionally to strengthen learning and long-term retention.\nTogether, they explore how cognitive load, student readiness, formative assessment, executive-function skills, and life outside of school should influence both the homework teachers assign and the way they respond when it is not completed.\nIn This Episode, You'll Learn\nWhy the primary purpose of homework should be practice for long-term retention, not teaching responsibility or enforcing compliance\nWhy no homework should be the default unless an assignment has a clear learning purpose\nHow to recognize and retire busywork that does not meaningfully advance learning\nWhy effective homework should be timely, responsive, and sometimes different for different students\nHow exit tickets can help teachers quickly match practice to students' actual needs\nWhy homework is formative practice and should not distort a student's summative achievement grade\nHow family responsibilities, access, reading ability, anxiety, and other factors can affect homework completion\nWhy explicitly teaching executive-function skills is more productive than relying on zeros and penalties\nWhy students should practice independently only after they have demonstrated enough understanding to practice accurately\nThe Big Idea\nHomework should not be assigned simply because it is expected, because it is a certain day of the week, or because every student has always received the same worksheet. It should be assigned only when it gives a student purposeful, appropriate...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Q9G9wsfsjhkSWldQuyQ_KjentYChYduR-AzxFcKY2ZY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83NDI4/ZTY0NTc3Mzk2Zjgw/OGMyNWMzN2ZhZWIw/ZDc1Ny5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}