Homework bad for learning

Yet another sign that homework is being curtailed for the 21st century. Another leading school in the U.K. has decided to limit homework to just 40 minutes a night.  Here's the story. Saying up to four hours of homework is merely "repetitive and mechanistic,"  the school officials say there is no better way to turn off students from learning than giving them boring homework.  Some teachers are relieved they don't have to waste time grading the useless exercises.  Mucho studies have shown no relationship between homework and learning. Photo: co-author Julie with Chuck Munster of Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, standing in front of a large pencil sculpture, taken last week.

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[gia]

I am a student and do not enjoy homework. It contributes about 4- even 5 hours of stress that I don't need. It has not helped me. I do all my math homeworks and pay attention and study but still fail pop quizzes. Also, I have begun to realize that I am hating the classes with the most homework more and more. If I did not do the homework (rare might I add) I am embarrassed and it lowers my self-esteem! I don't need this! Home is were the heart is; homework doesn't need to be there too.

[Suzanne]

I have to pipe in here. I have a 2nd grader who now has homework. She is expected to read two books each night (they are usually 30-60 pages) and a couple days out of the week she will have written homework.

My daughter is extremely bright, however, she is 7 years old. This "homework" is not teaching her discipline, it's only making me make sure she gets her homework done. I don't think she'd remember to eat if I didn't call her for dinner, let alone do homework. I wonder about the 7-year-olds out there whose parents are not as ontop of the homework assignments as we are.

My daughter is a good student. However, after being in school all day, she needs to decompress. She's a little girl. I hate that there is all this pressure on little kids today. And all it does is cause stress - not learning.