Sounds like you perfectly summed why our education system isn't effective. It fails to teach students how to learn on their own! And there's nothing to say tha

Sounds like you perfectly summed why our education system isn't effective. It fails to teach students how to learn on their own! And there's nothing to say that _homework_ is essential. It's perfectly plausible to have students get everything done during the regular school day. Well thought out assignments are obviously good. Why do they need to be done at home? It's not as if third graders are listening to lectures from 8 until 3.