I was told when I was younger that I’d “understand” why kids are given homework. I remember having several hours of homework each night.

I have a school-age child and they don’t have nearly as much homework as I did, really only of she doesn’t complete something in class. It didn’t work that way when I was a kid.

So it wasn’t just me who thought I had too much homework. I wonder how long it will be before the pendulum swings the other way?