End of Homework How Homework Disrupts Families, Overburdens Children and Limits Learning

Name: End of Homework How Homework Disrupts Families, Overburdens Children and Limits Learning
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ISBN: 9780807042199

ISBN-10: 0807042196

ISBN-13: 9780807042199

Edition: 2001

Authors: Etta Kralovec, John Buell

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With the publication of The End of Homework, Etta Kralovec and John Buell touched off a heated debate in American culture. Their provocative argument, featured in Time and Newsweek, in numerous women's magazines, and on National Public Radio and many television broadcasts, was the first openly to challenge the gospel of "the more homework, the better." Arguing that, in assigning massive amounts of homework, teachers and schools are essentially abdicating their responsibility to teach, the authors advocate forcefully for protecting the leisure time of children and the precious resource of family time. "Kralovec and Buell argue persuasively for a fresh look at the homework debate...A…

Book details

List price: $14.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 8/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 136
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English