An Australian study found that homework has no academic value!
Here's a fact that might brighten up your day: There's a good chance that homework is worthless. Two Australian researchers published a new book that claims homework for young primary school kids has little to no value related to academic achievement.
Their studies found that homework isn't beneficial for primary school kids, has very limited benefits for junior high kids and reasonable benefits for senior high school kids.
Here's another nugget: They also found that parents getting too involved and controlling in their kids' homework is also not beneficial. They also found that kids would benefit more from higher quality homework rather than lots of repetitive, drill-style homework.
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