Melany Badger, Staff Reporter; Social Media Manager
(she/her/hers) Melany Badger is a senior at Ankeny High. Her birthday is September 1, 2004. She is a political news reporter. Outside of school, she enjoys working, listening to music, photography, sewing, and playing with her three dogs.
![“It depends on what the purpose of the homework is. And it shouldn't just be to make somebody do something, but to show [something]. Have they shown mastery of that point?” Bing said. “Is it something that, in terms of the learning process, connects to whatever learning outcomes. [It’s] kind of shifting the point of the homework from what students sometimes think of it as, instead of what it actually is.” Created by Sylvia Bartlett using Canva.](https://ahstalonnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/hw.png)
