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"I see no reason why a parent wouldn't insist that the work is completed, on a daily basis."

After reading this article and the many posts about how noninvolved some parents are, and you still have to ask? Many parents it seems abdicate total responsibility at the school bus. And most public schools let that happen, they've been beaten up by too man parents 'defending' their own children's right to be lazy.

Sometimes parents need a push.

In the private school we send our children to, if you dont sign the homework completion, the child gets punished.
This is a VERY effective way to get the parent to stay involved EACH NIGHT in the homework. My wife forgot to sign it one time, even though our daughter did the work, and our daughter was punished (no recess) the next day. My wife was mortified over having been responsible for that, we havent forgotten to sign it since.
This is 2nd grade, btw, and our daughter reads on a 5th grade level thanks to this good school - Strickland Christian School in Austin, Tx.

I take parenting and education of my children very seriously. And, based on my own experience with my kindergartener, and the amount of homework, and make-up work from sick days, I have a good idea of what he is learning, when he is learning it, how he is learning it, and what assistance he needs in the home.

I do understand that the school would need to correct any problems with homework assignments not being completed. However, the problem would start at home, at three o'clock, when my son arrives, and I check his bag, go through his assignments and see that he brought everything home to me, as scheduled. If not, the discipline promptly starts at home, before I have even contacted his teacher.

Homework is to be done at home, and because of this, his completion of it, is my responsibility. And the consequences that arise from not completing it in a timely matter, are as much my responsibility as his teacher's... let alone his own.