There's little to no academic benefit associated with homework.Imagine kids putting on one pound per algebra problem. In their book The Case Against Homework (hm…that title sounds familiar), Sara Bennett and Nancy Kalish argue that one of the many problems with homework is that it exacerbates the issue of childhood obesity. But what we mean is that kids spend most of the school day sitting, and then they come home and (you guessed it) sit down to do their homework. Maybe the struggle shouldn't have to start so early. Come to think of it, sometimes grown-ups complain about balance, too.
Stanford researcher Denise Pope found that students who receive too much homework (more than two hours per night) report negative impacts such as high levels of stress, health problems, and a lack of balance (as in work-life or school-life balance…not unable-to-walk-in-a-straight-line balance). Too much homework has a negative impact on students' lives.This is the zone for airing the reasons people give for eliminating or at least limiting homework at all grade levels. " Is Too Much Homework Bad for Kids' Health?" Whoa, they got doctors in on this? It must be real.īut doesn't homework help cement lessons in those kids' heads? Keep them off the street at night? Teach them about a work ethic? " Too Much Homework is Bad for Kids." The Case Against Homework, in book or website form.
And we're guessing they weren't bribed by students either. Plenty of educators and pundit-types have been dissing on homework and its supposed value in the educational world for some time now. No, we didn't get bribed by a set of stressed-out students to write this article.
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