Would you believe they are now saying that homework may not be so good for kids. Well, maybe that is a bit of an exaggeration. Nonetheless, according to Duke University professor, Harris Cooper—reportedly the nation’s foremost homework expert (bet you didn’t know there was such a thing)—other than perhaps for reading and a few basic skills, kids in elementary school do not benefit academically from doing all the homework that gets assigned to them (an average 78 minutes a night says an informal AOL poll). Cooper’s conclusions are based on the analysis of dozens of studies that have examined the relationship between homework and student academic performance. So the end result of these findings is that some people are now arguing against homework for kids. The one big exception is reading. So keep sending those Reading A–Z books home so kids can practice their reading skills. With Reading A–Z, you have a rich collection of books at 27 developmentally appropriate levels, dozens of genres, and hundreds of topics of interest for meaningful homework.
Two books you may want to read on this issue are The Homework Myth (Da Capo Press) and The Case Against Homework (Crown Publishing).
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