What's more, says Russo, making homework a priority gives children more opportunities to learn. Homework is a powerful way to extend learning. Russo bases her claim on her 27 years of educational experience, as well as on research that homework can result in improved student achievement. Homework also helps instill in students a sense of responsibility, accountability, motivation, and self-confidence. In today's modern world, an old-fashioned approach to homework won't work.
Homework has to be relevant to the lives of children.
And parents have to reinforce, at home, what students learn in the classroom.