Pure BALONEY.... The principal objective of standardized education is that all students between 1st grade to 12th grade receive the basics of Math, English, History,
Civics, and physical education. Homework is an educational method of re-enforcing the information which teachers presented in class. Just as in the entire human race, some students have a better ability to use their brains than others, some have better physical powers. It's not a matter of race, or societal differences. Between 1st & 6th grades all students are provided with the same basic levels of instruction. As the students move on, teachers begin to notice, that some are better at Math than others, some have a greater language skills, others are better at athletics. That's why, in the higher grades, students are separated into ability groups. Not everyone can be an engineer, or a molecular scientist, or an archeologist, or a rocket scientist, or a teacher.
Low achievers must be provided with an education that allows them to live a good life. However, they shouldn't be put aside because they aren't given homework. What's wrong with giving them a challenge? Parents are responsible for providing their children with a good family and social life. They are not responsible for doing homework. Teachers are responsible. Not all students can do the same level of homework. Teachers need to stop being lazy. Our education system should stop relying on "experts" who make exhoribtant lecture and book fees. Give the money directly to the teachers. Stop forcing them to fill out forms which help to prove the bullshit put out by the "experts".