Summary: A recent discovery made me giddy with joy and relief: In the second grade, homework packets arrive on Fridays, giving us the weekend to work on it, too. In years past, when the packets arrived on Monday, we raced against time on afternoons busy with their activities — soccer or baseball practice, Maker workshops or more. We also had to juggle that with our work responsibilities — pages to edit, emails to send, or a red-eye to hop on a business trip.
