...too many children who are surviving on little sleep and stressed, because they spend all their time in school and up late doing hours of homework.
The hours of homework
may be repetition, scaffolding, and support to help the child learn and achieve at high levels...
OR,
at least in the USA where teachers and schools are ranked and rated on achieving "equal outcomes" among all pupils...
this
may be "
differentiated task demands" (aka
more homework assigned to gifted pupils to keep them from outperforming classmates).
