I don't think there's any evidence that homework in the first six years of school has any positive impact on anything.. Instead of homework, have tutoring for the kids that need the help and more family time for the rest.
After that I'm not even sure I'm convinced that homework is really necessary... rather than just assigning work make it oriented around learning (which is the actual goal isn't it?).
I can appreciate the skills portion of the argument for post-secondary, but even then knowing how to work and complete tasks isn't dependent on doing homework, just doing work.
Some of the private schools I've been looking at have that kind of attitude too.
The Homework Myth and The Case Against Homework are two books that are on my list of want-to-reads as they've bee recommended to me by people in or around the private schools I've looked at.
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