That is when the topic is fresh in one's mind and when one's mind is fresh enough to grasp and comprehend the topic. Classroom study time is also study time uninterrupted by TV watching, the telephone and loud siblings. Students in other countries do more homework. Internationally, other country's 8 th graders do less homework than U.S. children and schools spent more money on professional development. In other countries, teachers work together more, have longer school days and school year.
Classrooms are a sacred space for study and there are no interruptions.
Once young people get home, their parents can involve them in whatever they like. An audience member reminded the group that in some cases the parents may insist on academic study after-school, but it will be of the parents' own choosing. A few audience members suggested that the issue is not so much doing homework but where homework is done and with what resources that is the sticking point. She also reminded the audience to listen to the voices of children regarding their impressions of homework. In an experimental no-homework classroom model, students no longer hid from being called on because they had not done their homework.