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Modern Grade-School Pressures: Too Much Homework, Too Little Freeplay ... This is not a return to more traditional times. Grade-school kids have never had this much homework in the history of the US. In 1900 the Commissioner of Education testified before Congress against any homework for children under age 12. Then,
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But there's no evidence that lobbing on the homework in elementary grades boosts test scores later, according to Harris Cooper a psychology professor at University of Missouri, who reviewed dozens of studies and concluded homework may begin to pay off in junior high.
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The Case Against Homework: The truth, according to Sara Bennett and Nancy Kalish, is that there is almost no evidence that homework helps elementary school students achieve academic success and little more that it helps older students. ... The time our children spend doing homework has skyrocketed in recent years.
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(Note - If the homework load is too 'heavy' either the students aren't learning or they aren't being taught a good curriculum with good techniques. American students, ... "If school boards are imposing these decisions from above with no input from parents, that could be a problem. You're setting up a we-they situation."
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no homework no problems, takes away stress from parents and kids, i bet at least half as many kids would fail, and you would have much more social time. ... it has been proven that children do better in school when there is no homework. home should be home and school should be school they should not be mixed in my opinion.
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Not that students have to go to any of these sessions. At this New York school, kids don't get grades, don't have homework, don't take tests. They don't even have to be in class. ... Even the youngest kids have an equal vote. One agreed-upon rule: no sword-fighting inside.
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Just 20 miles fromthe world's most frenetic metropolis, a New Jersey town takes time off. ... The mayor issued an official proclamation and the public schools and sports clubs agreed to cancel all after-school activities and assign no homework so families could relax and do nothing.
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Not that the students had to go to any of these sessions. At this school, students don't get grades, don't have homework, ... "Every kid here is definitely motivated to learn something, there's no doubt in my mind," said Alan Berger, a former public school assistant principal who founded the Brooklyn school in 2004.
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A backlash against homework is rising. Now a top researcher finds that too much homework doesn't help. {b} Homework footnotes {b} Children need more time to just play, report states ... • Children need more time to just play, report states; • Homework footnotes; • Piling on homework is no help,
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