ed in most classrooms. Near the end of the case study, Sarah was questioning her own grading system. We will prove that Sarah had an effective grading system. Another interesting matter in this case study is the student/teacher/parent relationship. Greater understanding of each of these issues will help me clarify what to do if I were in the situation in which Sarah Hanover is.
             One thing that would help Sarah in this situation is an effective homework policy. But Sarah felt she did have a good homework policy that counted toward the students final grades. The real question we must answer: is homework really needed in our country's schools? Strong arguments support both sides of this question. Homework is a historically proven way of learning. Opponents say that the assignments don't really have an impact on learning.
             These opponents of homework say that homework promotes satiation (Cooper, 2001) because it causes a loss of interest in the material and physical and emotional fatigue. On the other side of this argument, some experts say that homework does not have an impact on learning. They believe that homework brings unneeded pressure on students. The experts also say that homework can disrupt family relations. Kids, overall, don't like doing homework anyway. Opponents of homework also say that homework is also denies access to leisure and community activities. These folks also say homework cultivates cheating because of relatively easy access to other students' homework.
             Is having homework better than having no homework at all? Absolutely. The average student doing homework had a higher achievement score than fifty-five percent of students not doing homework (Cooper, 2001). We can group the positive effects of homework into four categories. The first, are immediate positive academic effects. The second, are positive long-term effects. A third category is positive non-academic effects....