Why do parents think it's ok to toss out homework? What do teachers think of this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Bullshit. My parents were never involved in our homework (and there was no elementary homework) and my family produced 3 lawyers 1 banker and 1 engineer. The need for homewok to create a "school-home partnership" is completely made up and unsupported by any kind of evidence. For advantaged families like mine, it makes no difference. For disadvantaged families is misses the point or at worst creates additional divisions.

Are you basing that on the sample size of you and your siblings, or do you have additional research demonstrating that there is no benefit from a home school partnership?

Do you have any research demonstrating that there is a benefit to a "home/school partnership", and that homework supports this "home/school partnership"?

No, and so I am not, and have not, taken a position on the issue or characterized anyone else's as incorrect (as you did, in a more vulgar manner).

No, not me. You're talking to multiple posters.

[Anonymous]

^^^messed up the quotes, sorry

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doing homework at home has helped my son tremendously. He's in 1st. When we do his spelling we quiz him first on the words. On Monday he knows maybe 25% and that's after the spelling packet they do in class on Monday. We have him write and spell the wrong ones 5 times. We do this everyday of the week until Friday. He usually get 100% or one wrong on Friday's test. I'm not sure how else he would learn the words if we didn't work on them at home. Same thing with his math and English.

He missed doing one of his religion assignments and came home upset because they discuses the assignment in class and he didn't have his. (It was left sitting on the kitchen table) For those who don't do homework, how what does your kid say if they go over it in class?

Don't they practice them at school throughout the week as well? Mine does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Two ways to close the achievement gap: from the top or from the bottom. Guess we know which way this one works.

This is sucks. It will dumb everyone down.

It's not dumbing anyone down. Because homework at home in elementary school does nothing to help kids learn by any substantive measure. Study after study confirms this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Doing homework at home has helped my son tremendously. He's in 1st. When we do his spelling we quiz him first on the words. On Monday he knows maybe 25% and that's after the spelling packet they do in class on Monday. We have him write and spell the wrong ones 5 times. We do this everyday of the week until Friday. He usually get 100% or one wrong on Friday's test. I'm not sure how else he would learn the words if we didn't work on them at home. Same thing with his math and English.

He missed doing one of his religion assignments and came home upset because they discuses the assignment in class and he didn't have his. (It was left sitting on the kitchen table) For those who don't do homework, how what does your kid say if they go over it in class?

Don't they practice them at school throughout the week as well? Mine does.

They do practice them in school and they get a work packet on Monday, but obviously it's not enough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Two ways to close the achievement gap: from the top or from the bottom. Guess we know which way this one works.

This is sucks. It will dumb everyone down.

It's not dumbing anyone down. Because homework at home in elementary school does nothing to help kids learn by any substantive measure. Study after study confirms this.

Anybody else hear Charlie Brown's teacher?

We get it.

[Anonymous]

My son's homework is 15 minutes tops. He seems to like having a little assignment to do, much the same way that he likes being responsible for the chore of feeding our cat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Two ways to close the achievement gap: from the top or from the bottom. Guess we know which way this one works.

This is sucks. It will dumb everyone down.

It's not dumbing anyone down. Because homework at home in elementary school does nothing to help kids learn by any substantive measure. Study after study confirms this.

Studies and research on homework at an elementary level has not been extensive and has proven both sides of the argument. You can get the result numbers in an quantitative or qualitative study to swing either way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Two ways to close the achievement gap: from the top or from the bottom. Guess we know which way this one works.

This is sucks. It will dumb everyone down.

It's not dumbing anyone down. Because homework at home in elementary school does nothing to help kids learn by any substantive measure. Study after study confirms this.

this is really not true. the most comprehensive review of the matter says that if the homework is focused on skills, it helps reinforce learning. The problem is with low income family that may not have a caregiver that can help to reinforce learning happened in school. another issue is some homework is high effort and low learning, meaning all. those art-based poster project etc in higher grades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do you people care whether other parents have their kids do homework or not? You sound like children yourselves. Mind your own business.

Exactly! Focus on your family and the things you control/influence over.

Still waiting to hear why people care whether other parents have their kids do homework. After all these pages on the topic, I'm thinking it's because they want to feel better about their own choice to do homework.

[Anonymous]

I don't care if other kids in the class don't do homework as long as it doesn't slow the class down. If the teacher has to revisit issues because it isn't being reinforced at home then I would care. That said, my guess is I would never know because teachers don't share their grade books with me!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do you people care whether other parents have their kids do homework or not? You sound like children yourselves. Mind your own business.

Exactly! Focus on your family and the things you control/influence over.

Still waiting to hear why people care whether other parents have their kids do homework. After all these pages on the topic, I'm thinking it's because they want to feel better about their own choice to do homework.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Two ways to close the achievement gap: from the top or from the bottom. Guess we know which way this one works.

This is sucks. It will dumb everyone down.

It's not dumbing anyone down. Because homework at home in elementary school does nothing to help kids learn by any substantive measure. Study after study confirms this.

this is really not true. the most comprehensive review of the matter says that if the homework is focused on skills, it helps reinforce learning. The problem is with low income family that may not have a caregiver that can help to reinforce learning happened in school. another issue is some homework is high effort and low learning, meaning all. those art-based poster project etc in higher grades.[/quote

What's the cite?

[Anonymous]

I can only speak from personal experience. How about taking a foreign language? Don't you have to memorize vocabulary outside of class?

[Anonymous]

Interesting Washington Post story on this topic:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2012/11/26/homework-an-unnecessary-evil-surprising-findings-from-new-research/