[One Proud Dad]

I do not think the schools should assign homework on formal holidays or breaks. Does your boss make you work while you are on vacation? ( I don't mean self-employed either )

If they are concerned about kids falling behind teach a better curriculum over the academic year.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

"Does your boss make you work while you are on vacation?"

I have had litigation projects in the works that I have taken home and worked on over a holiday weekend. If the work has to be done, it has to be done.

[Sthitch]

Two problems with your premise. First he was in an honors math class, honors classes are purely voluntary, and they require extra work. Second, most non-hourly jobs have the requirement that the job get done, whether it takes weekends, evening, or holidays to meet a deadline. I think that summer homework teaches kids what real life is like.