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

[Goblinmonger]

29. I'm not ignoring facts.

What studies have you shown which prove causality between homework performance?

"It teaches responsibility" For some it does. Obviously it isn't a fantastic motivator because plenty of students don't do it. And there are probably plenty of other ways to teach responsibility. And what does responsibility have to do with performance and test scores?

"It makes neural connections" Life makes neural connections. And if homework does make neural connections, it doesn't make connections that any study ever has been able to show causation to performance and test scores.

"it helps you to get further during CLASS time" Where is the study that shows that is true. I don't believe there is one and you have linked to a study that shows that. You have linked to a website that makes that claim, but that isn't a double-blind study.

Many parents and teachers seeing a value in it does not mean that it really makes a difference. If we are going to start basing our educational decisions on best practices and what is shown to actually work, there has been no study in the past two centuries that shows a benefit to homework beyond simple correlation that can be explain with other variables.