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Do Students Have Too Much Homework?, Thomas Loveless
Do Students Have Too Much Homework?, Thomas Loveless
Brookings Scholar Lecture Series
The popular press and best-selling books frequently decry the heavy homework burden of American students. But do students really have too much homework? Has the homework load changed much over the past two decades? Data from several sources are examined to explore the amount of homework assigned to American students and to place that burden in an historical context.