Thanks for your comments, Karyn. I, too, used to think that homework was a good idea, but in reading the Homework Myth and other criticisms, I realise that there is no evidence to support homework. It does not result in better understanding, it does not reinforce concepts covered in school and it forces families to use their time to do what the state has decreed. I consider homework, for the most part, an invasion of our family time.

Also, time after school could be used to do community work or volunteering, instead of repetitious homework, for as John Gatto said in a TV interview, "to do your homework is a fake responsibility".

Given all that we know about learning today, it's amazing that our schooling has not really changed for the past 100 years.