Should we assign homework? | Edutopia Group Discussions by and for Educators

May be too late to participate in this discussion, but reading it shows the potential of these discussion threads and the variety of views around this topic. This would be a very healthy thing to have on our own staff net.

Hi all,

I’d like to start a discussion here on the benefits or drawbacks to assigning regular homework to students.

I’ve had a lot of discussion with educators in the past year or so about homework, and met with mixed reviews of homework. Most educators I talk to support it, but much of the reading I’ve done seems either ambivalent about the practice or even quite negative.

I could start off with an opinion piece, but I’d rather that each person who has a position posts it here, and then I’ll post my opinion later.

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