French call for boycott of homework

Subject: French call for boycott of homework Wed Mar 28, 2012 2:04 am

Children would be better off reading a book rather than doing tasks at home which are useless and tiring, parents and teachers say.

A group of French parents and teachers have called for a two-week boycott of homework in primary schools, saying it is useless, tiring and reinforces inequalities between children.

They say homework pushes the responsibility for learning on parents and causes rows between themselves and their children. And they conclude children would be better off reading a book.

"If the child hasn't succeeded in doing the exercise at school, I don't see how they're going to succeed at home," said Jean-Jacques Hazan, the president of the FCPE, the main French parents' association, which represents parents and pupils in most of France's educational establishments.
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"In fact, we're asking parents to do the work that should be done in lessons."

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/french-call-for-boycott-of-homework-20120327-1vvrf.html#ixzz1qOAWag6b

French call for boycott of homework

French call for boycott of homework

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