tpc(s)... sim... não... meio-termo...? por cá não há políticas de escola definidas... mas em inglaterra... discutem-se números [tempos]... e a autoridade [independência e autonomia] dos professores para ajuizar...? está onde...?

"Ministers have scrapped guidelines setting out how much homework children should be set, in a move intended to give headteachers greater freedom.

Under the last government, guidance was issued to all schools recommending that schools should have a policy on homework. At the time, homework was common in secondary schools but practices varied at primary level.

The guidelines suggested children aged five to seven should be set an hour a week, rising to half-an-hour a night for seven- to 11-year-olds. Secondary schools were encouraged to set as much as two and-a- half hours a night for children aged 14-16.

There is controversy about the value of homework, with critics saying it is either ineffective or potentially harmful if the extra work is so dull that children switch off.

A greater emphasis on homework can also unfairly benefit pupils from more affluent homes, as they are more likely to have a quiet place to study."

aqui.

da educação... quando aqui se chega... os pais 'contam' [e muito]... ou não será [óbvio]...?... nada que [ultra]passe o senso comum...!

"James J. Heckman, an economist at the University of Chicago, argues 

that parenting matters as much as, if not more than, income in forming a child’s cognitive ability and personality, particularly in the years before children start school. 

“Early life conditions and how children are stimulated play a very important role,” he said. "

por esta via e aqui.