Rock 'em Sock 'em Homework Battles Rage on

I'm not sure what beavers have to do with homework, except perhaps in Canada, they say, "The beaver ate my homework."


It’s not clear that simply turning off homework is a good idea for students who aren’t prepared to address their learning needs in other ways…however, ...

"At the beginning of the school year, Irving stopped counting homework toward grades, but tests, essays, projects and performances were counted...." The 100 Year Homework War

"Homework is the Black Hole of learning," Do Afterschool Assignments Matter? (Harvard Gazette, 2000)

"It’s better to give no homework to anyone than the same homework to everyone." Rethinking Homework (Alfie Kohn, 2007)