TY - BOOK AU - Buell,John TI - Closing the book on homework: enhancing public education and freeing family time SN - 1592132170 (cloth : alk. paper) U1 - 371.30281 PY - 2004/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Temple University Press KW - Education KW - Parent participation KW - United States KW - Educational change KW - Home and school N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - A sequel to "The End of Homework", this work argues that homework robs children and parents of unstructured time for play and intellectual and emotional development. It offers a convincing case for why homework is an outgrowth of broader cultural anxieties about the sanctity of work itself. ER -