Poland's kids rejoice over new rules against homework. Teachers and parents aren't so sure
by Monika Scislowska and Rafal Niedzielski
Apr 11, 2024
4 minutes
Ola Kozak is celebrating. The 11-year-old, who loves music and drawing, expects to have more free time for her hobbies after Poland’s government ordered strict limits on the amount of homework in the lower grades.
“I am happy,” said the fifth grader, who lives in a Warsaw suburb with her parents and younger siblings. The lilac-colored walls in her bedroom are covered in her art, and on her desk she keeps a framed picture she drew of Kurt Cobain.
“Most people in my class in the morning would copy the work off someone who had done the homework or
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