Feb 25, 2004 · Yes, there's a kernel of truth to the anti-homework argument. The evidence that homework provides children with an important educational advantage is inconsistent.

Jul 27, 2017 · Schools are realizing homework is educationally worthless. The anti-homework trend is growing. It started with the teacher from Texas who banned homework from her second grade class, …

Mar 26, 2014 · The researchers also found that excessive homework was correlated with high levels of stress and health problems. Not only is the homework load onerous, the study concluded, it is also...

Jan 22, 2015 · This means that homework, by itself, is not the answer to America’s education woes. Too many students are assigned to failing schools, especially in urban areas, and too few families have …

More than 100 years later, homework remains a contentious issue, and the debate over its value rages on, with scholars coming down on both sides of the argument.

Feb 22, 2024 · The casual observer might be surprised that there’s much controversy about homework. A common sense, man-on-the-street view would be straightforward: Teachers should assign …

Oct 26, 2018 · At its most extreme, the homework gap can mean that teens have trouble even finishing their homework. Overall, 17% of teens say they are often or sometimes unable to complete …

Aug 13, 2019 · There’s a huge debate about homework and whether it helps kids learn during the school year. The evidence we found suggests that students who spend more time doing homework don’t …

Following an identification strategy that allows us to largely eliminate unobserved student and teacher traits, we examine the effect of homework on math, science, English and history test scores for …

Mar 18, 2014 · Examining the most reliable empirical evidence at the time, the study concluded that the dramatic claims about homework were unfounded. An overwhelming majority of students, at least …

Aug 20, 2015 · Tom Loveless explains why a recent CNN segment claiming that kids have "three times too much homework" was inaccurate and misleading.

Nov 10, 2022 · Homework is the perennial bogeyman of K–12 education. In any given year, you’ll find people arguing that students, especially in elementary school, should have far less homework—or …

Mar 18, 2014 · In the 2014 Brown Center Report on American Education, author Tom Loveless investigates the PISA-Shanghai controversy, homework in America, and the Common Core State …

Aug 4, 2022 · From this perspective, holding students accountable for showing up in class, behaving, turning in homework, and learning what they’re supposed to isn’t merely unfair; it borders on cruel.

Feb 28, 2024 · However, inflexible no-homework policies throw the baby out with the bathwater; quality homework can offer important opportunities for independent practice, foster positive attitudes toward …

Nov 10, 2022 · Low-quality homework is likely what drives the mixed research evidence on the impact of homework on student achievement. It also sends the message to kids that doing it is simply an …

Mar 24, 2020 · The divide between students who have broadband and those who do not, known as the homework gap, has long been a problem— an estimated 12 million children do not have internet …

May 23, 2001 · With homework time for elementary students up by 50 percent in the last two decades, these parents are really stymied. They cannot effectively help their children. This means that …

Aug 31, 2020 · That college kids are looking up homework answers is probably not big news. That it might undermine their learning and retention when a course is not properly structured to address it …

For high school graduates, we explore the effects of time spent on homework on two measures of academic achievement: high school GPA and college attendance by age 20. We find that homework …