{"id":1355,"date":"2009-04-07T07:15:25","date_gmt":"2009-04-07T15:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/?p=1350"},"modified":"2009-04-07T07:15:25","modified_gmt":"2009-04-07T15:15:25","slug":"how-important-is-homework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/how-important-is-homework\/","title":{"rendered":"How Important is Homework?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Using StumbleUpon<\/a> the other day, I came across an article on arguments against homework<\/a>. The article’s a few years old, but schools still give so much homework I found it interesting.<\/p>\n

In first grade, my daughter gets 4 nights of homework a week. She has a total of 3 pages of math plus 3 assignments to help her learn a spelling list of 9 words, plus 20 minutes of reading a night.<\/p>\n

I have to admit, I like the 20 minutes of reading a night. So does she. We often go over on that one. She even reads on her own sometimes.<\/p>\n

But I found it very interesting that there’s no evidence that homework in the early years has any benefit at all.<\/p>\n

Just think about it. Kids spend about 7 hours at school, then have to do homework too. That’s a pretty tiring day for a kid. And very little time for play.<\/p>\n

It’s not an easy thing for schools to admit that homework might not be worthwhile, especially when they’re under so much pressure to show great academic results. It’s a rather troubled system these days.<\/p>\n

My own feelings on this topic are pretty mixed. There are some areas where my daughter definitely needs improvement, but the main one is penmanship. She’s a sloppy writer even for a first grader. Then again, I’m not that neat a writer either.<\/p>\n

But I’m also starting to get this feeling that if I wanted to spend time helping my daughter learn, I may as well homeschool. It would take more of my day, but less of hers and let her be more of a kid. If that made for a better attitude toward learning, it would be worth it. Just now she feisty, to put it kindly, about a lot of topics, and work in class and at home can take her far longer than it should just because she’s bored.<\/p>\n

The trouble comes from homework that is more or less busy work. In the lower grades it’s hard for teachers to assign anything else. It can be more effective, I gather, in high school.<\/p>\n

At any rate, I’m thinking more teachers and school administrators need to read The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing<\/a>\"\". So do parents. It’s worth questioning the worth of most homework assigned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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