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The End of Homework

How Homework Disrupts Families, Overburdens Children, and Limits Learning

By: Etta Kralovec,John Buell

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The End of Homework

How Homework Disrupts Families, Overburdens Children, and Limits Learning

By: Etta Kralovec,John Buell

Etta Kralovec and John Buell are educators who dared to challenge one of the most widely accepted practices in American schools. Their provocative argument first published in this book, featured in Time and Newsweek, in numerous women's magazines, on national radio and network television broadcasts, was the first openly to challenge the gospel of "the more homework the better." Consider: * In 1901, homework was legally banned in parts of the U.S. There are no studies showing that assigning homework before junior high school improves academic achievement. * Increasingly, students and their parents are told that homework must take precedence over music lessons, religious education, and family and community activities. As the homework load increases (and studies show it is increasing) these family priorities are neglected. * Homework is a great discriminator, effectively allowing students whose families "have" to surge ahead of their classmates who may have less. * Backpacks are literally bone-crushing, sometimes weighing as much as the child. Isn't it obvious we're overburdening our kids?

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0807042196

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Schools That Do Too Much

Wasting Time and Money in Schools and What We Can All Do About It

By: Etta Kralovec

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Schools That Do Too Much

Wasting Time and Money in Schools and What We Can All Do About It

By: Etta Kralovec

Schools That Do Too Much argues that American schools systematically misspend their two most precious resources: time and money. From class schedules that fragment students' time to budgets that sink money into dozens of activities-especially sports-that distract from learning, Kralovec shows us how schools over and over try to do too much and end up delivering too little by way of real teaching and learning.

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0807032514

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Schools That Do Too Much

Wasting Time and Money in Schools and What We Can All Do About It

By: Etta Kralovec

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Schools That Do Too Much

Wasting Time and Money in Schools and What We Can All Do About It

By: Etta Kralovec

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Beacon Press

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0807032514

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9780807032510

The End of Homework

How Homework Disrupts Families, Overburdens Children, and Limits Learning

By: Etta Kralovec,John Buell

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The End of Homework

How Homework Disrupts Families, Overburdens Children, and Limits Learning

By: Etta Kralovec,John Buell

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140

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Beacon Press

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ISBN 10

0807042196

ISBN 13

9780807042199

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The End of Homework

The End of Homework

Schools That Do Too Much

Schools That Do Too Much

Schools That Do Too Much

Schools That Do Too Much

The End of Homework

The End of Homework

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