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Homework has been the mainstay of American education for the last 75 years. Like hemlines, the perceived need rises and falls as the market demands. Homework can be a polarizing issue. Some parents crave more homework assignments for their children whi...
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03.04.2013
Is there any value to homework? Adam Maltese from Indiana University has released a new study that analyses the time students spend on homework and how they perform on standardized tests and how homework effects their grades. He joins Senior Dad Stan...
03.04.2013
Homework can be a very divisive issue. It pits parents against children. It sets up uncomfortable conferences between teachers and parents. There are different ways of viewing the value of homework depending on your economic or ethnic backgrounds. In...
30.10.2012
So why do we continue to administer this modern cod liver oil-or even demand a larger dose? Kohn’s incisive analysis reveals how a set of misconceptions about learning and a misguided focus on competitiveness has left our kids with less free time, an...
30.10.2012
Many professional educators portrayed reducing homework as a dangerous idea, while at the same time parents and teachers increasingly raised doubts as to its continued usefulness in education. According to John Buell, the importance of play is cultur...
30.10.2012
So why do we continue to administer this modern cod liver oil-or even demand a larger dose? Kohn’s incisive analysis reveals how a set of misconceptions about learning and a misguided focus on competitiveness has left our kids with less free time, an...
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Homework has been the mainstay of American education for the last
75 years. Like hemlines, the perceived need rises and falls as the
market demands. Homework can be a polarizing issue. Some parents
crave more homework assignments for their children while others
seek a way of removing their children from what they view as a
treadmill going nowhere. Within families there may be sometime
divisiveness and acrimony over homework and some parents would
rather retire from their role as the homework warden in the eyes of
their children. ...more
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