Category Archives: General

Boing Boing Raves About The Case Against Homework

On the highly popular website, boingboing.net, Cory Doctorow gives a rave review to The Case Against Homework. He also discusses his own schooling: I was lucky enough to attend excellent, publicly funded alternative schools through my educational career. We had homework, but we were also given a lot of time for free play, and aContinue reading “Boing Boing Raves About The Case Against Homework”

Guest Blogger: Story From the Trenches–Part 3

Here’s an update from Lisa Grady, the parent from southern California who writes about what she’s doing to try to change homework policy in her fourth-grader’s public school. Organizing Other Parents (Continued) by Lisa Grady In my previous blogs, I have chronicled our group’s progress in reducing homework ( I would like to say eliminatingContinue reading “Guest Blogger: Story From the Trenches–Part 3”

From my Mailbox: Letter from a Twenty-Something

I usually receive mail from parents, students, teachers, or mental health professionals. So, I enjoyed hearing this perspective from Tammy, who gave me permission to reprint her email: Thank you for fighting a good fight. I’m 27, I have no kids. And I feel that when I was a kid I was robbed of aContinue reading “From my Mailbox: Letter from a Twenty-Something”

Child Counselor Protests Homework in Arizona

A child counselor from Arizona who believes that children shouldn’t be given homework before sixth grade has taken to the streets to protest homework. According to azfamily.com, the counselor, who is leading the weeklong protest at a street corner, doesn’t think children should be given homework before sixth grade. “They’re already getting in trouble inContinue reading “Child Counselor Protests Homework in Arizona”

Letter to the Editor of a Local Newspaper

Today’s post is a letter that appeared in the Sackville Tribune Post on May 8, 2007. I’ve been corresponding with the author, Amanda Cockshutt, since the publication of The Case Against Homework and Amanda and I were on a Canadian radio program together in the Fall. Amanda, who lives in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada, isContinue reading “Letter to the Editor of a Local Newspaper”

Guest Blogger: Senior Dad Goes to Homework.

For many months, I’ve been corresponding with Stan Goldberg, also known as Senior Dad. Stan, who lives in the Bay Area, has his own podcast and has many interviews with educators and other experts that are well worth listening to. Here, he talks about his own perspective on homework and also how he has approachedContinue reading “Guest Blogger: Senior Dad Goes to Homework.”

Guest Blogger: Story from the Trenches–Part 2

Here’s an update from Lisa Grady, the parent from southern California who writes about what she’s doing to try to change homework policy in her fourth-grader’s public school. In Lisa’s first guest blog entry, she told us about a comprehensive presentation she gave to the fourth grade teachers at her school. (I’m on vacation thisContinue reading “Guest Blogger: Story from the Trenches–Part 2”

Guest Blogger: Story from the Trenches–Part 1

Today I’d like to introduce Lisa Grady, the parent of a fourth-grader from a community of 35,000 in southern California. Lisa is the co-chair of a committee which formed to raise the issue of homework in the fourth grade. Although you might want to turn to The Case Against Homework to learn the research andContinue reading “Guest Blogger: Story from the Trenches–Part 1”