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Permalink Reply by Kirk Cunningham on April 19, 2013 at 6:44pm

Please, please ask yourself what you remember today, which you learned doing homework? "Studies of homework at the h.s. level have found clear benefits". Which benefits, the 50% drop-out rate in every urban school district in the country? Again, please ask yourself, how did homework make you feel about school? Perhaps its time to respect a students' time away from school, or a parent/guardian's time with their child, take your pick, but if you choose to impose I hope it is a task which is only possible to do at home, i.e. an interview with a family member asking about their recollection of a historical event. These tasks come around once or twice a year...

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Permalink Reply by Marjorie L. Duvall on April 22, 2013 at 10:38am

I agree that homework can be beneficial in that it reinforces what was done in class.  However,  I don't believe that many hours' worth of homework every single night, even on the high-school level,  offers a lot of advantages. I see a lot of stressed-out teenagers who are up until 3 a.m. every weeknight, who come to school with bags under their eyes and struggle to stay awake--simply because they are trying to balance their four to six hours of homework each night with all of their other obligations.  Sometimes I wonder if some teachers aren't confusing rigor with amount of work.

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