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Schools Banning Homework?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the also-thinking-is-hard dept.

theodp writes "Alarmed by indicators of student stress like cheating and substance abuse, some SF Bay Area schools are reducing an education staple: homework. Homework is mostly banned at Menlo Park's Oak Knoll School, but some teachers apparently have higher 'expections' [sic]."

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  1. Re:This is pathetic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative
    Is it any wonder that India and Japan (I am sure there are others) are surpassing us in general academic


    I don't know about India, but I do know about Japan. Kids study their nuts off to learn exactly what they need to pass university entrance exams, which are really tough. The university courses that follow are, with a VERY few exceptions, exercises in mediocrity with degrees that are trivially easy to do well in. No wonder there are two generations of extremely frustrated people, birth rate dropping, marriage age rocketing, the part time labor sector expanding rapidly. Most people below 30 know they've had a bad deal. Those above were already employed when job-for-life-in-exchange-for-industrial-servitude was ripped away from them. So Japan's not a good comparison, it's in its own little education and workforce hell right now.

  2. Homework does not do what you think it does. by gozar · · Score: 3, Informative
    The studies have shown that homework reinforces bad habits and does not teach responsibility. There have been several books written about the subject, especially at the elementary levels. By the high school level, students should be assigned some homework.

    The teachers are in a hard place. Teachers will have parents complaining about giving too much homework, while parents in the same class will complain about not enough homework.

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    What, me worry?
  3. Re:Is this a new thing? by opec · · Score: 3, Informative

    12th grade = 17-18 years old 11th = 16-17 10th = 15-16 9th = 14-15 8th = 13-14 7th = 12-13 6th = 11-12 5th = 10-11 4th = 9-10 3rd = 8-9 2nd = 7-8 1st = 6-7

  4. Re:Is this a new thing? by opec · · Score: 3, Informative

    with formatting...

    12th grade = 17-18 years old
    11th = 16-17
    10th = 15-16
    9th = 14-15
    8th = 13-14
    7th = 12-13
    6th = 11-12
    5th = 10-11
    4th = 9-10
    3rd = 8-9
    2nd = 7-8
    1st = 6-7