Rumbling out of bed in the early morning. Bloodshot eyes staring back in the mirror. Dark circles lining the eyes of its new victim. These are the symptoms of sleep deprivation caused by countless hours of homework which leads students to lose sleep and sanity to complete the tremendous workload. Homework is praised as beneficial, but what if it is causing more harm than good? Homework is not truly beneficial because it has no proven academic benefits and causes unnecessary health issues.
Homework has no proven academic benefit. First, the longer researchers track students academically, the less homework seems to be helpful. In Alfie Kohn´s article “The Value of Homework Needs Further Research,” researchers reviewed a study comparing 17 published reports of research projects that have lasted anywhere from two weeks to thirty weeks and concluded “The longer the duration of the study, the less impact homework had.” Even though this is a confined study, the results and conclusions still show signs that homework does not help students prosper and therefore has no academic benefit. Furthermore, researchers David Baker and Gerald Letendre analyzed the 1994 and 1999 trends in “Math and Science Study” from 50
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Staying up late to do homework could result in harmful habits and health issues caused from sleep deprivation. In addition many studies have brought up that the relationship between students and homework is toxic even though homework should be helping the students succeed. Countless teachers suggest that homework should be dependent on whether or not the student chooses to do it or not. This not only allows them to be incontrol of their grade, likewise teaches students responsibility and consequences/rewards for your choices and actions. Without homework there would be no more bloodshot eyes and “zombies” wandering throughout the