"Homework: New Research Suggests It May Be an Unnecessary Evil" by Alfie Kohn

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"Why Is Homework Important?

Research in the last decade has begun to focus on the relationship between homework and student achievement and has greatly strengthened the case for homework. Although there are mixed findings about whether homework actually increases students' academic achievement, many teachers and parents agree that homework develops students' initiative and responsibility
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I don't believe that grades are the only reason to assign homework though I definitely know that homework improved my grades and my students' grades as well as my children's grades.

Other quotes

"Assigning homework serves various educational needs. It serves as an intellectual discipline, establishes study habits, eases time constraints on the amount of curricular material that can be covered in class, and supplements and reinforces work done in school. In addition, it fosters student initiative, independence, and responsibility and brings home and school closer together".


"Practice assignments reinforce newly acquired skills. For example, students who have just learned a new method of solving a mathematical problem should be given sample problems to complete on their own. Preparation assignments help students get ready for activities that will occur in the classroom. Students may, for example, be required to do background research on a topic to be discussed later in class. Extension assignments are frequently long-term continuing projects that parallel classwork. Students must apply previous learning to complete these assignments, which include science fair projects and term papers".


"The right kind of homework increases student achievement"

Yes I definitely read it. Saying there are "mixed findings" about the impact on academic achievement doesn't negate the value of homework. Enough damage has been done to our education system. Don't further undermine it.