The end of homework, how homework disrupts families, overburdens children, and limits learning, Etta Kralovec and John Buell
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The end of homework, how homework disrupts families, overburdens children, and limits learning, Etta Kralovec and John Buell
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-111) and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The end of homework
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
42980082
Responsibility statement
Etta Kralovec and John Buell
Review
"Etta Kralovec and John Buell lead us through the history of the American classroom. They review the scant studies that have been conducted and cite historical documents on both sides of the debate, and they examine the lives of students who may come home to overworked parents and domestic responsibilities and yet be faced with hours of schoolwork. In assigning massive amounts of homework to students, teachers and schools may be abdicating their responsibility to teach. The authors forcefully advocate for carefully considering how homework might be reformed. Most important, they offer a way for schools to accomplish the difficult task of educating our children without an over-reliance on homework."--Jacket
Sub title
how homework disrupts families, overburdens children, and limits learning
Table Of Contents
The kitchen table -- Does homework work? -- Homework in historical perspective -- Kids and homework -- Homework and the level playing field -- Homework in the global economy -- What's a mother--and a neighborhood, and a nation--to do?