Your Village Parents Magazine Parents Perspective Should Homework Be a Thing of the Past? By Melissa Bykofsky Melissa Bykofsky Instagram Twitter Website Melissa Bykofsky is the Editorial Director of Trends and Features at Parents and oversees the site's digital spotlights, guides, and trend content. Melissa has been on the Parents team since 2017 and was previously an editor at Woman's Day, Redbook, and Marie Claire. She is also a journalism instructor at her alma mater, Binghamton University, and earned her Master's in journalism from Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. Melissa lives in New York City and is mom to an energetic 1-year-old. our editorial guidelines Published on October 10, 2014 Share Tweet Pin Email An elementary school in Quebec, Canada recently stopped assigning homework to its 339 students for a one-year pilot period. Teachers can still ask students to read and study at home, but they are banned from giving out take-home worksheets or packets. The school based the program on research that families have less time to dedicate to homework time thanks to long working hours and a focus on extra-curricular activities. Many parents support this ban, yet others are worried it will make them less involved in their child's education. We want to know, Do you think US elementary schools should do away with homework? Take our poll, and then share a comment below — it could appear in a future issue of Parents. [polldaddy poll=8366117] Image: Mother helps son with homework via Shutterstock Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit