Name: How Much Homework Is Too Much?
Uploaded: 2020-04-06T07:23:19.000Z
Duration: 6 min 41 s
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Homework is never going to win any popularity contests.

It's no secret that homework is a big source of stress

Assignments can feel so tedious when they take hours to do.

And there's growing debate over the value of homework.

There's opponents that think it's an unnecessary stressor

and actually contributes to inequity in education,

How much homework in high school is too much?

a standard amount of homework high school students get.

It varies teacher by teacher, school by school.

The amount even varies all over the world.

we get over twice as much homework as South Korea.

South Korea's ranked the number-one best education system

And, like, what's up with Italy over here?

They're getting 8.7 hours per week, and they're number 25.

to hear straight from students about this topic,

since they're the ones actually doing the homework,

with PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs.

They helped research, write, and produce this episode.

He's on All City Council and reporting this episode

who are within the public education system.

A lotta students have obligations outside of school.

'cause teachers are using Google Classroom.

when you don't have access to those materials?

- Some teachers are starting to take notice.

a teacher at Oakland Technical High School

who doesn't really assign her students any homework.

- I just asked my students today how many of them have jobs.

There were nine students in one class that had jobs,

and you gotta get from one place to another in Oakland,

you've gotta get to work, you get home at 10:30

that's just like a recipe for a mental breakdown, I think.

Personally, I have a lotta extracurriculars

like I'm the Black Student Union president at Skyline,

I'm the media director for All City Council Student Union,

it gets hard for me to focus on just one thing.

And I do realize academics are important, right?

help me build as a person and also build out my resume.

- I can see how it could be hard for students

but we have to acknowledge that homework isn't all bad.

Take it from our Youth Beat student reporter, Olin.

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