<p><img class="rm-lazyloadable-image rm-shortcode" type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8xODQwOTEyMC9vcmlnaW4ucG5nIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY3NjgyNDgwNn0.bUeha_Jt0Z0uQo8UZ32AL8IEker6zbCIhLsnbRq8ETQ/img.png?width=980" id="9d2d6" width="650" height="807" data-rm-shortcode-id="86a8e8e8f0a04738ae93002cb08d1f6b" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image"></p> <p><em><a href="http://www.oecd.org/edu/EAG2014-Indicator%20D1%20(eng).pdf" target="_blank">Chart from</a> the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. </em></p> <p>The amount of homework between Spain and the United States is also remarkably similar:</p> <p><img class="rm-lazyloadable-image rm-shortcode" type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8xODQwOTEyMS9vcmlnaW4ucG5nIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzODQxMzk2MX0.cryCKTqMi4WXNXDh6scwI7VRYN5HgQKM7ynyik7qf64/img.png?width=980" id="dadb3" width="550" height="1187" data-rm-shortcode-id="f15a56b40a6682acc901a0b4f2b62aab" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image"></p> <p>And in the rest of the United States, there’s a <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/12/health/homework-elementary-school-study/" target="_blank">growing pushback against homework</a> — for younger kids up to the 7th grade, homework simply presents another power struggle opportunity, usually ends badly, and there's no evidence that it helps them. However, there’s also evidence that kids’ brains are tired at the end of a school day. <a href="http://news.stanford.edu/2014/03/10/too-much-homework-031014/" target="_blank">Rest and play are critical</a> in younger years.</p> <p>As children get older, the value of homework increases. A very research-dense book that rather exhaustively compiled data on this, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415476186/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0415476186&linkCode=as2&tag=httptwitc0ac8-20&linkId=1c97f7467eed757ea7515301020227e8" target="_blank">Visible Learning: A Synthesis of Over 800 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement</a>, can be skimmed in <a href="https://headguruteacher.com/2012/10/21/homework-what-does-the-hattie-research-actually-say/" target="_blank">this article</a>, and it shows this trend. Until children reach secondary school, there's just not much evidence of a return. <br><br>In the United States, pressure from tax-base-deprived communities are forcing schools to have less staff and to give more and more work to teachers because of that phenomenon, which can cascade into teachers asking that children do more work at home.</p> <p>I can see why it’s tempting for teachers. In fact, socioeconomic factors <a href="http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/does-homework-perpetuate-inequities-in-education_5jxrhqhtx2xt-en%3Bjsessionid=hjxarhpuvlpj.x-oecd-live-02" target="_blank">do impact homework and its value</a>. <br><br>What’s your take on homework versus no?</p>
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