You can post your answer there. Here's the response I posted:
My answer to this question is addressed on my website, www.thehomeworktrap.com, but here is the
quick version. Homework is too much homework if it is measured by the
assignment, not the clock, and if it exceeds what the parent agrees to allow.
The first concept deals with budgeting. If I buy a car, do I
buy the car I like or the car I can afford? Current homework policy gives teachers
an open-ended line of credit on time at home. Is the diorama assigned in addition to or
instead of other homework. Let the teachers decide what makes most sense, a
diorama, spelling words, reading assignments, or math, as long as there is a true
time limit on the homework session.
The second issue is organizational structures. Teachers are
in charge of the class. Parents are in charge of the home. Homework traverses
those boundaries, assigned by the school to be done in the home. That’s okay as
long as the parent has the final say as the head of the home, and that’s one
major problem with homework, since the grading system exacts severe punishments
for work not done. Parents need the authority to overrule assignments without
serious penalty for their children. Kenneth Goldberg, Ph.D.
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