Plus: Disney blackout | Monday, September 02, 2024
| | | | | | | Presented By Amazon | | | | Axios PM | | By Mike Allen · Sep 02, 2024 | | Happy Labor Day! Today's newsletter, edited by Sam Baker, is 332 words, a 1½-min. read. Thanks to Bryan McBournie for copy editing. | | | | | | 1 big thing: The school ate my homework | | |  | | | Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios | | | | A growing number of schools are rethinking homework — either assigning less of it or, in some cases, getting rid of it altogether, Axios' April Rubin reports. - Concern for students' mental health, coupled with the ease of using AI chatbots to solve homework problems, have prompted schools to reevaluate how helpful it really is.
📝 By the numbers: 37% of 13-year-old students said they had "no homework assigned" on the day before a National Center for Education Statistics survey in 2023. - In 2020, that figure was 29%. In 2012, it was 21%.
🖍️ Case in point: Butterfield Canyon Elementary School in Herriman, Utah, has had a no-homework policy since 2020. - "It helps increase the overall social-emotional health of our students because they're not so focused, especially at the elementary level, just on 'academic, academic, academic,'" Jay Eads, the school's principal, told Axios.
📖 With older students, decreasing homework loads also helps level the playing field for kids who have to work or shoulder large family responsibilities. Go deeper. |     | | | | | | 2. 📺 ESPN, ABC blacked out on DirecTV | | | | University of Georgia mascot Hairy Dawg before the Saturday afternoon college football game between Georgia and Clemson. Photo: David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Disney pulled its networks, including ABC and ESPN, from DirecTV's satellite package on Sunday, amid an ongoing carriage dispute, Axios' Sara Fischer reports. - 🏈 Disney's channels went dark just minutes ahead of the highly anticipated college football game between USC and LSU, which was broadcast on ABC.
- The blackout also comes during the U.S. Open on ESPN, and days ahead of the official NFL season kickoff. ESPN has exclusive rights to NFL games on Monday nights.
- 🎤 And unless it's resolved quickly, it could prevent DirecTV subscribers from watching the Sept. 10 presidential debate on ABC.
Go deeper. | | | | | | | | A message from Amazon | | "Amazon helped us take our business to the next level" | | |  | | | | Kyle started Pawstruck to provide healthy and affordable dog treats. He turned to Amazon to take his products national. The strategy: Kyle uses Fulfillment by Amazon, which costs 70% less on average than comparable two-day shipping options, to help fuel growth. See more. | | | | | | 3. 📸 So long, summer | | | | Photo: Allison Joyce/Getty Images Beachgoers celebrate Labor Day weekend yesterday in Wrightsville Beach, N.C. Photo: Allison Joyce/Getty Images | | | | | | | | 4. 🍿 "Deadpool" dominates | | | | Children climb an installation of Marvel's Deadpool character, set up to promote 'Deadpool & Wolverine' in Hong Kong. Photo: Miguel Candela/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images "Deadpool & Wolverine" dominated the Labor Day box office, with an estimated $15 million-plus in ticket sales. - It's now brought in roughly $600 million domestically, making it the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time.
| | | | | | | | A message from Amazon | | StoveShelf turned to Amazon to grow | | |  | | | | Scott started StoveShelf in his Milwaukee apartment. After partnering with Amazon he has been able to grow his business and move operations into a warehouse. Key number: More than 60% of sales in Amazon's store come from independent sellers. Discover more. | | |  | Your essential communications — to staff, clients and other stakeholders — can have the same style. Axios HQ, a powerful platform, will help you do it. | | | |
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