Many late nights, is this how students should spend their evenings?

We have all been there.  You have spent countless late nights working on school projects or completing your assigned homework.  Sometimes you knew what to do, while other time you were scratching your head and wished you paid more attention in class.  On top of your homework you have to study for those 3 exams tomorrow.

Those were the good old days.  The older crowd may not have to worry about homework anymore; their children may very well be heading down that learning path striving for that ‘A’.    Some may say students spend too much time on homework and others may feel there should be more.  What is the best for our school systems and why?

Some suggestions may be to cut back on homework and make the actual school day longer.  Instead of 1 hours of math class and 30 min of math homework, let’s make math class 1.hours long.  This would allow for the same amount of overall learning with the added benefit of having the teacher there helping.  So not instead of a 5 hour school day, it may become 6.5 hours long.

Another suggestion is to give more homework as it helps students minds grow.  The more you teach them, the stronger they will become when the school year is over.  We currently do not so enough homework or after hours studying.  Due to the lack of learning, students do not have a weaker education by the time they finish school.

What value does homework add?  Should we have it or should it be reduced?  The overall question to answer is this, should students spend their evenings working on homework?