Here we go again

The homework debate

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/webwatch/2006/09/homework_under_fire.html

http://www.slate.com/id/2149593?GT1=8592

http://kerryfoxlive.com/wordpress/?p=3286

One comment stuck in my mind:

[...] Many teachers lack the skills to design homework assignments that help kids learn and don’t turn them off to learning. Today, schools of education provide varying levels of training in the art of designing homework assignments that are more than busywork, usually imbedded in courses about curriculum. Many, however, offer none [...]