With the push for standards, some teachers think homework is a way to fill gaps. If you keep asking a school to deliver higher performance, and you realize you're not going over enough material, an apparent way to fill the gap is to throw on more homework. In the 20th century, there were waves. Again in the '60s. In progressive periods, there's attention to the education of the whole child.
Homework is seen as limiting the development of the whole child.
Under our proposal, you'd have seven hours of school, then we might add another hour a day in a supervised setting with trained people. We talk about the importance of parent-school collaboration. Parents should be able to participate in a discussion about the schedule, what their needs are. My ideal school day would have four subjects in depth, and classes would be two hours long. I would take loudspeakers out of the classroom so there weren't constant interruptions.