Since November, Ann Arbor attorney Richard Landau has been getting two or three calls a week from parents whose children have been expelled from school, a higher number than ever before. They're the family from hell. The New Horizon Academy charter school hasn't paid its teachers since January and has struggled to stay open since the state cut off its funding in November. Now, it appears, the school chartered by Detroit Public Schools will be forced to close. UCLA freshman Courtney Luckhardt is taking three classes this semester, spends 28 hours a week on homework and an additional 10 or more grading high school papers to earn money.
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We've assembled an advisory board of educators and parents with years of practical experience and lots of advice aimed at minimizing some of the nagging, tears and tantrums often generated by homework. You understand things you didn't see at first. The scholarships are for one year, are non-renewable and apply only to the first year of college. The Detroit News.