Afshan Kiran Imtiaz-The case of homework (quality)
Afshan Kiran Imtiaz asked: Any parent who struggled with a child during homework night after night must ask themselves: do these math spreadsheets and book reports really make a difference to a student's long-term success? Or is homework just a headache - another distraction from family time and downtime, already mitigated by music and dance lessons, sports and part-time jobs? Afshan Kiran Imtiaz said allison, a mother from two middle school daughters in a wealthy suburb of Boston, describes a frantic post-school scenario: "My daughters do gymnastics a few days a week, so homework is done for my 6th grader after gymnastics, at 6.30 p.m. She doesn't go to bed before 9 a.m. Afshan Kiran Imtiaz said My 8th grader does homework immediately after school, until gymnastics. She dines at 9:15 a.m. then goes to bed, unless there is no more homework to be done, in which case she will go to bed around 10 a.m. "Girls lack sleep and family dinners on weekdays are di...