Rooster, yes! I can often open blogs because they are typically simpler...and this article was amazing. Japan, only 3.8 hours of homework per week, and they are #2 in Best Education System, right after S. Korea...
Maybe you recall Rathkeale, she was on both Ask and Blurt!t? Anyway...she is a retired educator in Canada with STRONG DEFINITIVE good sense/advice, and on Qu0ra she told us that she NEVER gave homework. And I would bet my hat-and-all that she turned out excellent students...