The homework myth: why our kids get too much of a bad thing

1. "Missing out on their childhoods"

2. Does homework improve learning? : a fresh look at the evidence

3. Does homework provide nonacademic benefits?

4. "Studies show..." - or do they?

5. questions left unasked

6. What we haven't learned about learning

7. "tougher standards" fad hits home

8. Better get used to it

9. Idle hands...

10. Rethinking homework

11. Making change.

pt. 1. The truth about homework

1. "Missing out on their childhoods"

2. Does homework improve learning? A fresh look at the evidence

3. Does homework provide nonacademic benefits?

pt. .2 Six reasons homework persists (despite what the data say)

4. "Studies show ... : or do they?

5. The questions left unasked

6. What we haven't learned about learning

7. The "tougher standards" fad hits home

8. Better get used to it

9. Idle hands

pt. 3. Restoring sanity

10. Rethinking homework

11. Making change

Notes

References

Acknowledgments

Index.