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The available research fails to find any benefit, either academic or attitudinal, to the practice of assigning homework to elementary school students. Yet even educators who know this is true often fall back on the justification that homework— time-consuming, anxiety-provoking, and pointless though it may be— will help kids get used to doing homework when they’re older.
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Alfie Kohn
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Jeff Johnson is an early learning trainer, podcaster, and author who founded Explorations Early Learning, Playvolution HQ, and Play Haven.
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