I know most teachers give homework to students because they think it improves their grade. However, homework is not ALL good. In fact, there are plenty of bad things about it.
Some examples are that it puts some kids under pressure and could cause stress, there's
plenty of time in school that’s not being acknowledged and could be used for doing what would be the homework, and that most people enjoy when school is over and they get to take a break.
First of all, homework could cause stress. Not that much in elementary school if there's only a
few problems, but definitely in middle school, where there's 1 (or more) sheet(s) in each subject.
Picture this: you get out of school at 2:30PM, and you have an activity to get to by 3:00. You need some time after you get home to take off your shoes, take your snack and lunch boxes to the sink to be washed, get a snack, and get your computer set up for the meeting. You might also want to wind down a little bit because you've had school for almost 6 hours. You're activity
ends at just about 4:30, and you have some time to work on homework. But you have to go out and walk the dogs at 5:00. After that you have to have dinner and get ready for bed. You have about an hour at the most to work on homework, but do you really want to? It's at least 7:00PM and you're very tired. In the morning, you have to get up, practice piano, do exercise, get dressed, and have breakfast at the least. And you're often late and have to rush at the end to get to school on time. If you've done the math, you know you have, at most, about an hour and a half to work on homework. And that's a best case scenario—With any luck, there will be at least a few distractions, you'll lose focus at least once, or there will be some last-minute extras that need to be done with that spare time.

That's me. That's pretty much what my schedule's like. I'm pretty sure some other people are like that too. If students only have that much time, it could cause them to get stressed and maybe rush a little bit. If they rush, they will probably get more wrong. If they get more wrong they won't get good grades. And do you think that improves their education? I don't. Yes, you might be saying that I'm a kid and what do I know about what does or does not improve education? But that's not it. There's more. In school, at least in elementary school, students have 2 20-minute recess breaks in the day. Everyone loves them, but I'm sure that they would much rather not have those recess breaks, use that time to work on what would be homework, and have as much time as they want after school to do whatever they want, rather than have a lot of recess in the day and have the work that they didn't do in that time as homework. Also, students can have working lunch and snack breaks. Yes, that might distract them from their work, and yes, if we do that, we don't have the 20-minute eating-lunch break that we have now. If you add up the 20-minute snack recess, the 20-minute lunch recess, and the 20-minute eating-lunch time, you get a one hour space which could be used to get extra work done, which could make up for the homework ( ).
Finally, School goes on for almost 6 hours, as mentioned earlier. Let's view this from what I think: Even though I love school, when I get home after school I just want to relax, wind down, and read. That's me. I'm sure some other students are excited for going home too. They get to go home, relax, maybe read or watch TV, and do whatever they want. Not with homework in the way though. Imagine what would happen if kids have a busy schedule and don't have much time to do homework. They have to squeeze it in and won't have any freetime. Even if they aren't busy, they'll still have to fit it in before the next day. That could make them stressed, as mentioned earlier. However, it could get worse. Kids could get cranky because they have to spend all their time doing schoolwork and don't have enough freetime, start getting resentful to

 school, and could even end up making some bad decisions in the longtirm—such as being mean to others, not following directions, or yelling at parents, teachers, or other students—All because they just need a break. And we don't want THAT to happen, do we? Anyway, my point is, after a long day of sitting in class, working hard, and maintaining focus, students deserve a break, don't they? Is that too much to ask?!
Now, I know what you're thinking: "Homework does make students smarter, AND improves there grades," But in the longtirm, we need more world peace and people getting along, then lots of knowledge and people being smart. Students would do much better going around and being with friends, then sitting behind a desk (AND screens!!) doing homework. I've interviewed my class on what they think of homework. It seems like they have a thing for homework, because they think it's good for learning. If only they knew more about it's true nature! Visit This Website to see what I mean!
I think stopping student stress, reappropriating extra classtime, and balancing out home and school are some very good reasons why we should stop giving homework.
But if you still don't agree, contact the university of San Diego, or the American Psychological Association for more information.
As you can see from the site I put in earlier, schools have stopped giving homework from Massachussetts to California. Join them! Do what they did! Stop giving homework and see the results, eliminate stress and improve grades for real, acknowledge extra class time that can be used for what would be homework, balance school and home, and maybe even change some opinions about school!