(Jokes aside, schools all of a sudden after covid stop giving "homework" now we call "overdue schoolwork" which means the same thing but you are giving just enough time in class so that if actually did it rather than fooling around you get it done pretty fast and are free the rest of the day.)
In the younger grades they would assign textbook pages at the end of the day. So you didn't really know what to do until after class. I am glad they just post everyhting online at the start of class now.