In some Latin American countries, it borders on insulting for a parent to question a teacher or principal. Teachers make decisions about a child's education, and parent-teacher conferences are not as common as they are in this country. The Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund has started a program to train Hispanic parents how to get involved in their children's schools. Now This article argues that educators should stop squeezing time out of family life for the questionable benefits of homework. Parents say that teachers require it.
Teachers say that parents demand more of it.
Politicians call for grading parents on their ability to help with it. Citizens run for school board seats on no-homework platforms. Some dismiss the current anti-homework outcry as just the latest swing of the opinion pendulum. School boards and politicians dictate homework policies for political rather than pedagogical reasons. Teachers say that they are increasingly uncomfortable about handing over to parents the learning for which teachers are accountable.