Rethinking Homework - Cathy Vatterott

Part of my rethinking the way 

I do certain things in my classroom

is also to take a look at homework.

During my winter courses, 

I wrote a paper on homework.

I came across an excerpt from

this book

that went through 

the history of homework.

How homework came about

and the never ending debate 

on whether or not

homework benefits children.

There are many books and articles

written on the subject.

There's a lot of research.

And depending on your point-of-view

research will support it.

Research exists for homework

and against.

And Cathy Vatterott

presents them both.

What she does in her book

is relook at why we give homework.

She asks us to rethink why students

don't do it.

She offers way to give homework

if you must,

but asks that you rethink

your methods.

I know a lot of people

see this book as an anti homework book.

And keeping my personal feelings and beliefs aside,

I admire how she presented both cases

and looked at the needs of students.

Not the needs of parents and teachers.