School's Back. So's Homework

Ah, fall.  Away with camp, sleeping in, and lazy days at the lake.  Now it is school, up before dawn, and — HOMEWORK.

Teachers love it, kids hate it. Right?

Wrong.

At least this fourth teacher doesn't love it. We do a lot during the school day in my classroom and when we are done I want my students to go home and do other things — play, build with Legos, dream, shoot hoops, relax, spend time with family, draw, dance, sing, listen, and create. Oh yes, and read. It is the one sort of homework I...