Today’s Homework: The Generation Gap

From the April 2008 issue of the NAESP Communicator:

Veteran teachers (21-plus years of experience) were more likely than new teachers (five years or less) to believe homework helped children learn more in school (60 percent versus 36 percent).

I think the older teachers have it right.

That said, I’m also thinking of experimenting with having no homework this year and seeing how the parents react. Right now I have one homework packet I give to everyone; if I did a better job of targeting the work I did send home, ideally it would make a difference.

Summer is a good time for thinking.