A year ago, a kid in our district made a presentation to the board asking for homework to be eliminated. The district is now undergoing a review of the homework

A year ago, a kid in our district made a presentation to the board asking for homework to be eliminated. The district is now undergoing a review of the homework policy, with equity-focused board members/administrators pushing for all homework to be eliminated, or at least reduced. One board member literally made the argument that "we don't actually know if homework increases learning, do we?".