‘Homework is detrimental’: Spanish parents go on strike to save children’s free time

‘There’s nothing new about pupils complaining about their homework, but in Spain they’ve now been joined by parents who are ready to go on strike for their kids to be left alone on weekends.
The Spanish Confederation of Associations of Mothers and Fathers of Students (CEAPA) has called on parents whose children attend state schools to boycott weekend homework for the whole month of November.
There’s “absolute certainty that homework is detrimental” to children as it hampers their extra-curricular development, Jose Luis Pazos, CEAPA president, told AFP.’
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