**The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing** is a
2006 [book](List_of_Libertarian_Socialist_Media "wikilink") by [Alfie
Kohn](Alfie_Kohn "wikilink").

## Summary

### Chapter 1: "Missing Out on Their Childhoods"

### Chapter 2: Does Homework Improve Learning? A Fresh Look at the Evidence

### Chapter 3: Does Homework Provide Nonacademic Benefits?

### Chapter 4: "Studies Show..." - Or Do They?

### Chapter 5: The Questions Left Unasked

### Chapter 6: What We Haven't Learned About Learning

### Chapter 7: The "Tougher Standards" Fad Hits Home

### Chapter 8: Better Get Used to It

### Chapter 9: Idle Hands...

### Chapter 10: Rethinking Homework

### Chapter 11: Making Changes

## External Links

  - [The Homework
    Myth](https://archive.org/details/homeworkmythwhyo00kohn) on
    archive.org