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- The End of Homework
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Etta Kravolec, author of The End of Homework: How Homework Disrupts families, Overburdens Children and Limits Learning speaks with host Deb Krumholz. about her research on the effects of homework on children and their families. She has found that children need time to nurture other parts of themselves - the creative, artistic, musical, spiritual parts - but all they have time for is school and homework. Kravlovec presents a compelling argument about a highly controversial subject.
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Piece Description
Etta Kravolec, author of The End of Homework: How Homework Disrupts families, Overburdens Children and Limits Learning speaks with host Deb Krumholz. about her research on the effects of homework on children and their families. She has found that children need time to nurture other parts of themselves - the creative, artistic, musical, spiritual parts - but all they have time for is school and homework. Kravlovec presents a compelling argument about a highly controversial subject.
Broadcast History
Played one time on local station in Western Massachusetts, WMUA, 91.1 FM in June, 2007
Timing and Cues
Following a brief introduction, there is a 30 second music break and at the very end there is another 30 seconds of music break. Music is Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall, Part II
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