Over the last five years of my stint as a teacher (I might go back to it) I didn't assign homework unless it was mandated by the principal, and even then I pushed back. I carved out reading time during class, kept shelves of books of various genres in my classrooms, and encouraged my students to dig into whatever they were interested in outside of (and including) whatever we were doing in class. This approach worked best at an alternative high school where the students were generally disaffected with their educational experiences so far and needed teachers to meet them where they were and build from there.
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