After a long, hard day at school, three high school students go home to face the reality that they have a long night still ahead of them. While their teachers are getting a good night s rest, students across Memphis are up at all hours of the night struggling to finish homework assignments.
Most students accept homework as an unavoidable fact of life.
But some educational leaders and parents are concerned about the long-term effects homework has on students health, family time and social life. Buell and Kralovec are calling for a ban of homework for elementary and middle school students and a drastic decrease in homework for high school students. The authors argue that there is no solid scientific evidence that increased homework leads to an increase in academic accomplishments. Many Memphis high school students would welcome less homework. Chasity Logan, a 10th grader at Kirby High, said homework is extremely stressful.