That includes daily homework, which researchers say has no value in elementary school (other than to read). In this post, a parent explains why she doesn’t want her kindergartner doing it.

A mother who doesn't send her children to school has explained they instead take part in 'democratic learning' groups where they make their own rules, decide on homework and interview their teachers.

Other parent and teacher associations have criticized the proposed homework boycott. A spokesman for the education department of Madrid said that individual schools are 'the ones who know best ...