French president pushing homework ban as part of ed reforms
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According to current research, the result of more homework is increased conflict in the home over doing homework, and increasing correlation between the education level of the parents and performance of children.
To first order, the gains in learning among those whose parents are sufficiently educated to help their children are offset by the negative effects of incorrect practice on those whose parents are unable to help competently.
According to the statistics, if we got rid of homework for elementary school kids the result would be to have happier households and a more equitable society. I'd be for that, even though my children are probably helped more than hurt by homework.
I'll check in on this discussion after I help my grade 2 son with his nightly homework routine...
I'm fascinated that a head of state would be able to propose this. It really would be tantamount to insurrection to propose this in the USA.
Fairness. Really, his claim is that since not all children have parents at home to help with homework that it is not fair.
As if education was being dragged into the ground over fairness as it is, he wants to double down. I understand in France their school week is four days and he wants to bump it a half day, but fairness?
Why not just artificially raise the scores of the disadvantaged instead and be upfront about it. If he thinks homework is the problem then he truly is a politician.