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How is no homework the same as less homework?
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Where does it say they won't do homework? It says they won't be graded on homework. These things are not the same. People in this thread are under the misconception that because they aren't getting graded on whether or not the homework is done, that they won't do any at all.
First off, if you read the article, it's a contract between the student and teacher. The contract doesn't say "My child will do no homework" and that's the end of that. The contract requires the student to come prepared to class every day.
Also, this quote is rather telling:
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And the parents agreed to make sure their children have “opportunities” to review class work and study for tests. (Although that may as well be homework, Ms. Milley observed wryly, noting that, by her count, Spencer, has had roughly 28 quizzes and tests in about 38 class days of Grade 7.) The bottom line: the Milley kids won't be doing any school-assigned work at home any time soon, although Jay, now in first year university, must resign himself to being a trailblazer for his younger siblings.
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So, although he isn't being graded on his homework, if he doesn't want to fail those quizzes, he better make sure he keeps up in class.
Oh, and if there is any doubt that students do get lame busy work like projects:
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Or the time their eldest son, Jay, was told to cut pictures of $1-million worth of consumer goods from a catalogue.
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If that isn't a waste of everyone's time, I don't know what is. That would take a lot of time and I really don't see any value in something like that if say the child is having difficulty spelling.
Btw, Jay is 18 and in first year university, and the article doesn't state how long ago that project was given so I assume it was when he was a lot younger. If not, that's even more pathetic.
Also, to be clear, I'm all for long term projects but those are a different animal since when I was in school we were often given ample time to work on them in class, but people chose to goof off and probably had to end up doing them at home.