Whn th bll rings around 1:40 p.m. thousands of studnts spill into strts. Notbooks and txtbooks rmain stord in lockrs for th nxt day. Bcaus of a dsads-long practic of promoting failing studnts, som tns know thy will advanc to th nxt grad vn if thy dont do th homwork. Manwhil, tachrs say thy ar facd with th daily dilmma of whthr to mov ahad in a lsson whn oftn only fiv or tn studnts out of around 30 hav don th homwork assignmnt. Vry fw kids do homwork, and thos who do it, chat. Said a ninth nglish tachr, It is hard to bas a lsson on homwork if th work isnt bing don
