Books like No more homework! no more tests! by Stephen Carpenter

Follow seven fifth-graders through a lively year at Snow Hill School as they navigate friendships, family, and the surprises a new teacher brings into their lives.

A paper Fortune Wookiee from McQuarrie Middle School catches the attention of Sara, who learns its advice resembles that of Yoda, though in her case, it seems focused on romance.

In Washington, D.C., twelve‑year‑old Florian Bates, an FBI consulting detective, and his best friend Margaret outwit criminals and stop the largest art theft in United States history.

A colorful, 224‑page curriculum that builds preschoolers’ critical‑thinking, vocabulary, and reasoning skills through engaging activities in reading, math, science, and social studies.

A lively collection of humorous poems that rib mischievous boys and girls, exploring their naughty antics with playful wit in mock‑advice style.

A light‑hearted collection of poems created by Jeremy Bloom as a school assignment, showcasing playful verse for middle‑school readers.

Does assigning fifty math problems accomplish any more than assigning five? Is memorizing word lists the best way to increase vocabulary-especially when it takes away from reading time? And what is the real purpose behind those devilish dioramas? The time our children spend doing homework has skyrocketed in recent years. Parents spend countless hours cajoling their kids to complete such assignments-often without considering whether or not they serve any worthwhile purpose. Even many teachers are in the dark: Only one of the hundreds the authors interviewed and surveyed had ever taken a course specifically on homework during training. The truth, according to Sara Bennett and Nancy Kalish, is that there is almost no evidence that homework helps elementary school students achieve academic success and little evidence that it helps older students. Yet the nightly burden is taking a serious toll on America's families. It robs children of the sleep, play, and exercise time they need for proper physical, emotional, and neurological development. And it is a hidden cause of the childhood obesity epidemic, creating a nation of "homework potatoes." In The Case Against Homework, Bennett and Kalish draw on academic research, interviews with educators, parents, and kids, and their own experience as parents and successful homework reformers to offer detailed advice to frustrated parents. You'll find out which assignments advance learning and which are time-wasters, how to set priorities when your child comes home with an overstuffed backpack, how to talk and write to teachers and school administrators in persuasive, nonconfrontational ways, and how to rally other parents to help restore balance in your children's lives. Empowering, practical, and rigorously researched, The Case Against Homework shows how too much work is having a negative effect on our children's achievement and development and gives us the tools and tactics we need to advocate for change.

Sixth‑grade friends rebound from a lost homework machine to testify at the police station about a powerful computer chip, a buried Grand Canyon treasure, and a dead body.