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Give students a set number of late homework passes so they can give themselves extensions and hold themselves accountable for deadlines.

  • Late passes can be physical or virtual tokens used by students to grant themselves a single-day extension.
    • This strategy also removes "my dog ate my homework" types of excuses.

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"Teaching Tips We Wish They'd Told Us Before We Started" by Dan Garcia, Owen Astrachan, Nick Parlante, and Stuart Reges.
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