Ban Homework? Researchers Say the Practice Isn't.
This past July, a superintendent in Marion County, Florida, announced that she was banning homework for all 20,000 elementary school students in her district and instead instructing kids to read.
The Cons of Homework. Funnily enough, different studies have shown that homework does not necessarily increase a student's knowledge base, and is not an effective learning and teaching tool.
Ban holiday homework and allow children to relax, says headmaster. Nicola Woolcock, Education Correspondent. Monday May 22 2017, 12.01am, The Times. The general rule for parents should be that.
In fact, President Francoise Hollande of France proposed banning homework for all primary and middle school students in 2012. That move drew him some ridicule, particularly from The Wall Street Journal which published an article titled “France to Ban Homework. Really.” The French president said that work “must be done in the (school) facility rather than in the home if we want to support.
Speech: Homework should be banned Friends and fellow citizens, I stand before you to talk about a matter that really breaks my heart: the crime of giving schoolchildren homework! Those poor schoolchildren have so much time sucked up in their education, that once they get home they almost have spent the same amount of time at school as their parents spent at their work.
Asian dad here noting that my kids had some ridiculous homework in the 90s, especially the constructivist garbage math that took forever to figure out, forever to do, and you didn’t learn any math after you were done. Especially stupid was the ide.
Should schools ban homework? Expert suggests primary students should be doing just 15 MINUTES a night. There has long been a debate about whether homework is beneficial for students.