<p>Crizello: in LAUSD the administrators did exactly the opposite of Miami. They want teachers to place less emphasis on homework. The ‘reasoning’ to use that word loosely is that disadvantaged kids have no place to do homework, they have jobs, have to take care of younger siblings, and have less time than other kids to complete homework. Since they were not doing the homework, not getting the points awarded for doing homework, and getting bad grades, let’s just eliminate homework. The upshot was that requiring homework was elitist.</p>