Does assigning fifty math problems accomplish any more than
assigning five? Is memorizing word lists the best way to increase
vocabulary—especially when it takes away from reading time? And
what is the real purpose behind those devilish dioramas?
The time our children spend doing homework has skyrocketed in
recent years. Parents spend countless hours cajoling their kids to
complete such assignments—often without considering whether or not
they serve any worthwhile purpose. Even many teachers are in the
dark: Only one of the hundreds the authors interviewed and surveyed
had ever taken a course specifically on homework during
training.
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 evidence that it helps
older students. Yet the nightly burden is taking a serious toll on
America’s families. It robs children of the sleep, play, and
exercise time they need for proper physical, emotional, and
neurological development. And it is a hidden cause of the childhood
obesity epidemic, creating a nation of “homework potatoes.”
In The Case Against Homework, Bennett and Kalish draw on academic
research, interviews with educators, parents, and kids, and their
own experience as parents and successful homework reformers to
offer detailed advice to frustrated parents. You’ll find out which
assignments advance learning and which are time-wasters, how to set
priorities when your child comes home with an overstuffed backpack,
how to talk and write to teachers and school administrators in
persuasive, nonconfrontational ways, and how to rally other parents
to help restore balance in your children’s lives.
Empowering, practical, and rigorously researched, The Case
Against Homework shows how too much work is having a negative
effect on our children’s achievement and development and gives us
the tools and tactics we need to advocate for change.
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