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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Homework at the kinder level is less about content and more about forming good habits  - both the parents and the kid.  A can find a study to prove any point.  I would rather refer to the experts - the teachers - who have studied education and child development.  Some children need to practice more than others.  I think it's a disservice to ban homework for other children that might need to practice a skill 100 times more than another peer.  [/quote]

+1.   The extreme positions re: HW evidenced here are really the worst examples of privilege.[/quote]

Are you kidding? It's the privileged parents that can mange the homework, by having an after-school sitter, quality after-care,  or being able to make the time for it at home.  It's the parents with 2 jobs who can't oversee it.  [/quote]

No, what I meant is that it's the few highly educated, affluent parents in the system that are more likely to challenge authority and either decide that the rules don't apply to them, or try to get the rules changed.  They care less about the fact that repeated practice at home might be beneficial for the majority of DC kids, who are from poor backgrounds, and could benefit from having their parents engaged in their learning.  Of course, it is not ALL educated parents, but there are certainly some for whom this applies.[/quote]\

Whataboutism.  Busywork's not good for my kid; [b]and it's certainly not going to help close the acheivement gap. [/b] next?[/quote]

Actually, this study found that parental involvement with HW was more consistently associated with academic achievement among families of color vs. among U.S.-born white families.

I don't think anyone is saying that HW alone will close the achievement gap, but it seems that parental involvement can be helpful, especially for students of color.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/pits.21784

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Is there any evidence that loading 5 year olds up with homework (including homework that requires access to a computer & internet at home) helps increase parental involvement?  And it's infinitely more likely that parents who chose to be involved in HW are doing other things that improve acheivement; not that kindergarten homework causes achievement.  [/quote]

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