

But some teachers such as Cathy Vatterott, a professor of education at the University of Missouri-St.

Some schools embraced homework, like Arlington Traditional School, a countywide elementary school in Arlington, Va., where kindergartners were expected to complete a minimum of 30 minutes of homework a night, Monday through Thursday. In 2018, Marva Hinton wrote about how homework was assigned at early grades and the potential effects on these young students. The benefits of homework have long been disputed, especially at the elementary school level. In response to an Opinion essay by a teacher titled “ What Do You Mean My Kid Doesn’t Have Homework? ”, many Facebook users took to the comments section to voice their perspectives on whether assigning homework is outdated and unnecessary-especially during a pandemic-or whether it’s a critical step to cultivating learning.
