Of course it helps. Only a government worker would say otherwise. It’s crazy talk so they don’t have to teach anything of value.
There are studies that show it doesn’t help for young kids, and really only help in upper grades like high school.
I think that is probably correct. I had a special needs daughter, and I think homework had a negative impact on her. She gets tired easily, so she only had time for school and homework eating and bed and speech therapy. No fun after school activities.
Her main problems were speech and social skills. Homework took time from working on those activities. She couldn’t handle things like play practice and homework.
Most of the homework was also busy work, especially in elementary and junior high. There were tons of math problems when she was great at math. She was slow at physical writing, so that was just tedious.
At the end of the day when she was tired, writing was hard for her (both physically and mentally). It was a terrible battle to get her to finish her work.it caused lots of strains in our relationship.
She’s in college now and is loving it! She just goes to community college because she wasn’t ready to leave home.
It’s been a breeze for her because there is no busy work. She gets most of her work done during breaks between classes. She wishes that school had always been lie college. She has a 4.0 so far.
I also had 2 gifted kids. Homework was boring and tedious for them because they were very smart.
I personally think the only homework in elementary school should be reading whatever you want. I would also just send home the spelling words/vocabulary words home. Let the kids/parents figure out the best way to learn them. Then have optional math homework. Maybe get extra credit for doing it. If the kids still do well on their tests, then you are doing the right thing.
I pretty much think that for high school too except it should be reading to prepare for class.