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B2 – Upper Intermediate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For years, schools have always given homework to students every single day. But recently, school officials, as well as parents, are saying no to more homework. A group of parents in Spain have recently gone on strike to protest their children’s school load.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No more homework! Spanish parents go on strike<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children have long complained about homework but parents in Spain are now joining in and have decided to go on strike against their offspring’s school load for the whole month of November.<\/p><\/header><\/div><\/main><\/div><\/div><\/div> Called by the Spanish Alliance of Parents’ Associations (CEAPA), a network that covers some 12,000 state schools across the country, the strike targets weekend homework for primary and high school students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jose Luis Pazos, president of the CEAPA, told AFP Wednesday parents had launched the unprecedented initiative due to \u201cthe absolute certainty that homework is detrimental\u201d to children, damaging their extra-curricular development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a 2012 PISA education report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Spain was the fifth nation with the most homework after Russia, Italy, Ireland and Poland out of 38 countries studied, with 6.5 hours a week compared to an average of 4.9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The workload does not necessarily translate in better results for Spanish students, whom the PISA report traditionally gives low scores in maths, reading and science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By contrast, in Finland and South Korea \u2014 two of the countries with best student performances according to PISA \u2014 the average time spent on homework every week was less than three hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pazos said that education in Spain was still very reliant on the traditional method of rote-learning \u2014 memorising work.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pointing to the availability of information in current society, he said that \u201cwhat we have to teach children isn’t to memorise everything, but how to manage information, to be critical, to select what is worth it and what isn’t.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSociety has changed deeply, but the environment in the classroom hasn’t.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. What do you think of the article?
\n2. Are you for or against giving homework to students?
\n3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of giving homework to students?
\n4. What was the most difficult homework you had to do when you were still a student?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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