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I’m reading a great book about this: The Homework Myth by Alfie Kohn: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing

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What would be better than assigning homework is assigning sleep. If you’re able to sleep better on the weekend and after school, you will be more engaged and more likely to learn. Homework is straight up counter productive. The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing https://www.amazon.com/dp/0738211117/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_88NMJJYY7YNHFGAY53TR

Quite a few years ago I read "The Homework Myth by Alfie Kohn. The details escape me, but I remember being convinced enough to avoid setting any more homework myself & to convince the primary school where I was governor to go for homework which supported better intra-family communication.

If you're interested, I suggest you check out The Homework Myth (which delves specifically into the research) and/or The Case Against Homework (which is a bit lighter and focuses more on what to do about it). They might give you some arguments/ammo to help you reduce or eliminate your kid's (utterly counterproductive) homework load.

You don't say what the homework load actually is, but if you don't want to argue for no homework, you might have success reducing the load by pointing out that both the NEA and National PTA recommend no more than 10 minutes per grade level; that would be a max of 20 minutes per night if your daughter is going into 2nd. (As one or both of the aforementioned books note, this 'rule' was entirely made up because it sounded good and is not actually based on any research [the research finds elementary school homework useless], but if it's the best practical way to reduce the load, go for it.)