No homework in schools7/29/2023 “Homework may be the greatest extinguisher of curiosity ever invented.”īut Harris Cooper, a psychology and neuroscience professor at Duke University, who has been studying the effects of homework for 30 years, disagrees. “The disadvantages of homework are clear to everyone: exhaustion, frustration, loss of time to pursue other interests and often diminution of interest in learning,” he said. ![]() We also feel that we are squashing their other passions and interest in learning,” Principal Mark Trifilio said.Īlfie Kohn, the outspoken education lecturer and author of the book, “The Homework Myth,” says homework is a case of all pain and no gain. ![]() They’re pretty young and they just put in a full day’s shift at work and so we just don’t believe in adding more to their day.
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