I thought this would make a good debate topic.
Today while I was out getting an oil change and some other maintenance preventative work done on my car, one of the service men asks if I would like a newspaper to read, and hands me this international news newspaper.
As I'm browsing through the articles looking for a good article to read, I come across this one article on how some schools have stopped giving out homework to students. Reason being, they want that time spent after school to allow kids to have more family time and social activities after school (ie. ballet, soccer, etc...).
I remember when my kids were younger (ages 6 to 10), they had a pile of homework that would take them a good 4 hours to do. Not kidding. Spoke with other parents of the school and they said the same thing. So the rule was do what you can by a certain time and then the rest can put away and done tomorrow. If the teacher has any problems with this then to call me at work and I will discuss it with her. This is the same rule the other parents had in place at their homes.
Now it's not so bad. The only homework assignments they have that take a lot of work are projects but those aren't assignments that are assigned daily or weekly. The homework they do have is stuff that they never completed while in class.
Do you think schools should assign homework to students, other than the homework they were not able to complete in class?