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Claim: Banning homework will lead to a real passion for learning

Ground: Mary Jane Cera is the academic administrator for the Kino School, a private, nonprofit K – 12 school in Tucson, Arizona, which maintains a no-homework policy across all grades . The purpose of the policy is to make sure learning remains a joy for students, not a second shift of work that impedes social time and creative activity. Cera says that when new students are told there will be no homework assignments, they breathe a sigh of relief.

Many proponents of homework argue that life is filled with things we don’t like to do, and that homework teaches self-discipline, time management and other nonacademic life skills. Kohn challenges this popular notion: If kids have no choice in the matter of homework, they’re not really exercising judgment, and are instead losing their sense of autonomy.

At the Kino school, Cera says children often choose to take their favorite parts of school home. “A lot of what we see kids doing is continuing to write in journals, practicing music with their friends, and taking experiments home to show their parents,” she says. Anecdotal information from Kino graduates suggests that the early control over their education continues to serve them well into college; they feel better equipped to manage their time and approach professors with questions.

Warrant: This evidence clearly indicates that when students are no longer burdened with homework they begin to see school not as a chore but as a vehicle to pursue their interests and passions. This switch in how individuals will perceive education will improve academic scores, attendance, and overall acquisition of knowledge.

Works cited.

Sorrentino, J. (2013, July 29). The Homework Debate. Education Magazine. Accessed on February 10, 2014. http://www.education.com/magazine/article/The_Homework_Debate/