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A short, but provocative article. This one may be the most incendiary thing on the list:

3 — Homework impinges upon a student’s time with family and on other, more valuable, activities — like play. As Alfie Kohn states in The Homework Myth, why should children be asked to work a second shift? It’s unconscionable to send children to work for nearly eight hours a day, then have them go home and work for 2-5 more hours; we don’t live in 19th century London.

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    Interesting. Kind of changed my perspective. Even though I hated homework, I always thought it was necessary to...

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22. blueginjava said: As long as you can have your students practice and THINK INDEPENDENTLY, you may be right. I challenge you to do that in 40 min with 30 kids in a high school classroom. Elementary kids, maybe…
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    THIS ARTICLE IS A FUCKING WIN.

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    I agree with you that many parents aren’t as well equipped to recognize the value in the homework you do with your son....

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    When I was teaching I never sent homework on Wed. nights (church night) nor on the weekends. The only homework I did...

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