True. We already have less days at school then other countries, less hours at school then other countries, less passing test scores then other countries and now we want less homework then other countries. I miss those days when we were “number 1” in all things. Our country is dying a slow agonizing death.
This is in Spain. And the amount of homework here is ridiculous, too. You’d think with all of the homework assigned here in the U.S. that we’d be top of the heap.
It doesn’t have a damn thing to do with time in class. It is WHAT IS TAUGHT that counts. 40+ years ago we went fewer days and were a lot better educated. Homework was given but didn’t take all night. It was used to reinforce the lessons given at school and it was graded for accuracy. No Common Core, no irrelevant feel good crap. Most of modern school time is taken up with STATE TESTING. Most people are unaware of just how much testing goes on.
I teach and we state test almost 3 months out of the year. It is very disruptive and we burn out the students with so much testing. State mandated tests take up most of our time. I have about 14 years in and 5 more to retire.
Most of us try very hard but we are burning out and the replacements are drones that follow the “party line.”
BTW I don’t know many teachers who approve of Common Core. We are fighting with our local state senator to get rid of it in our state. Hard fight as the money interests are throwing big bucks into keeping it.