Students in many other countries have little to no homework, as many countries have started to realize that students spend most of their day in school. Educators and the board of education in other countries have found that homework is unnecessary and actually causes more stress in students. Homework, as many believe is pointless, as explained. Teaching and learning is meant to stay in the school place setting. The home; as many researchers and educators have explained, is meant to be used to be with family, spend time on outside activities and a bit of studying time. But with homework in America many children and teens experience breakdowns from the amount of stress they experience doing homework for long periods of time. The average high school student gets less than 5 hours of sleep a night. elementary school students get frustrated and even have panic attacks over school assignments. With lack of sleep a student cannot properly learn in school, let alone pass exams, and finish the newly assigned homework. Yet the board of education in America believe that students need homework and turn a blind eye towards the people who are suffering the consequences the most. All of which are students. Students should not be forced to do homework, I believe homework should be optional and if the student chooses not to do such assignment that pupil should not be punished/penelized.
Thank you for signing this petition, as you have read students are over whelmed and actually causes literacy rates to fall. Grades are slipping and so are test scores. This causes a great amount of issues within the school and home setting as there is no time for families and outside activities and worst of all little to no sleep.
