At the end of the last school year, Sharon Stochel, a parent from a Jewish day school in the New York area, was invited to give a short presentation on homework to her school principal, teachers, and staff. Throughout the school year, Sharon had approached the faculty about some of the problems with homework andContinue reading “Guest Blogger: Inspiration from a Parent”
Category Archives: Guest Bloggers
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”
Guest Blogger: Muddled Thinking in Middletown, Ohio
Today’s guest blogger, Amanda Cockshutt, writes her thoughts on a Middletown, Ohio, editorial, which opposed a school board’s proposal to eliminate the grading of homework. Amanda, who lives in New Brunswick, Canada, was instrumental in getting her local elementary school to reexamine its homework policy. Her school now has no homework on nights of majorContinue reading “Guest Blogger: Muddled Thinking in Middletown, Ohio”
Guest Blogger: The Importance of Getting a Break
Today’s guest blogger is Kate McReynolds, a child clinical psychologist who is currently the Assistant Editor of Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice. I met Kate while working on The Case Against Homework and, whenever I get the opportunity to talk to her, or read her writing, I feel lucky to spend time withContinue reading “Guest Blogger: The Importance of Getting a Break”
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: A Seventh-Grader Speaks Out
Edward, a twelve-year-old seventh-grader from Las Vegas, has been writing to me with his thoughts about homework. He is a “wizard on the computer,” plays viola, and would be taking advanced classes except that he was reassigned to regular classes because he wasn’t completing all of his homework. The other day, Edward sent me anContinue reading “Guest Blogger: A Seventh-Grader Speaks Out”
Guest Blogger: There’s No Time for High School Students to Do Hours of Homework Each Night
When I was in Chicago at the AERA conference two weeks ago, I was on a panel with Chris Ellsasser, an associate professor of education at Pepperdine University, a high school English teacher, and the founder of a group of progressively-minded teachers known as the Mad Tea Educators. Chris approaches homework by asking high schoolContinue reading “Guest Blogger: There’s No Time for High School Students to Do Hours of Homework Each Night”
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”
Stop Homework 