It may be tempting to dismiss this latest research, conducted in upper-middle-class areas, as yet another manifestation of the eccentricities of the affluent. This is, after all, the same demographic that recently brought us eye-roll-inducing news stories about $250-an-hour tutors who drill preschoolers on their ABCs and 1-2-3s.
Could it be that a few short years later those same tots have graduated to marathon homework sessions?
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"There is no correlation between homework and academic achievement in elementary school."
ReplyDeleteAt the very least, WTF?????
The nuns would guarantee this idjit never got an earring without bringing back memories.
Subtle class warfare article.
our Korean student's parents impose a two hour study time every night. maybe that is why they are successful in public school. You get out of it what you put in it.
ReplyDeleteIf you want best friends got online don't have kid to get them. You are a parent and enforcer of right and wrong that includes the responsibilities of doing homework
ReplyDeleteNo wonder the over all status of Americans in other countries is low