These writers object to homework on both academic and nonacademic grounds. Sara Bennett and Nancy Kalish in The Case Against Homework and John Buell in Closing the Book on Homework have also recently denounced homework as if it were a particularly cruel form of child labor held over from the 19th century. Kohn, author of such standbys of progressive educational literature as Punished by Rewards and The Schools Our Children Deserve, aims in his latest book to expose the injustice and general worthlessness of homework. That’s why it’s called ‘homework.’”Īre you appalled by this story? Alfie Kohn no doubt would be. “You don’t do homework on the bus,” she told him. Graham watched in astonishment as Barbara tore up his homework. His handwriting, never very neat, was even sloppier than usual. He had written sentences based on that week’s spelling words. Graham reached in his backpack, found the homework, and gave it to her.
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