Is homework hamrful towards learning in K-12?

[Mayflower]

Depends on the subject. It's not effective with hands on matters like computers and the like. I would have loved nothing more than homework being a thing of the past, but I see it's usefulness. I see homework as somewhat as a measure of how well you know the material. You could say that this could be done at school, but I find that the home is the best place to measure such, a place of little pressure (in theory at least).

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

I think it can help and give a framework for deeper understanding of a topic that can be gained by working something out on your own.

 

[Population: 1]

Haha. It teaches kids that life is full of work that you don't want to do. They'll be doing homework (the real work) for the big boss man/woman for a very long time.