(One might ask what exactly is good about a habit of working into the night when you could/should be spending quality time with family.) Essentially – homework fails to provide any benefit at all in primary (elementary) school. Here's a very short article where Alfie Kohn bullet-points some of the evidence that homework fails to accomplish its stated purposes – which is to raise achievement, teach independence and establish good habits. And parents continue to feel that to be ‘good’ parents they must support the school’s homework regime. By Alfie Kohn - The Perseus Books Group, 2007Īctually I think it’s really ‘kids and parents may be right after all’, because I’ve never met a parent who loves homework – it’s a major drain on family time and the source of a world of grief for parent and child alike.Īnd yet we persist.
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