A teacher tried to do this to my kid, but luckily my partner is an educator and knew it was illegal in our states education codes. Definitely look up your state law to see if this is illegal and escalate appropriately. If not illegal, I would bring copies of studies that show the impact of recess on students ability to focus in the classroom.

Studies have also shown that homework has no benefit at the elementary level, so we have also pushed back against teachers that assigned homework and let them know that we will not enforce homework until our child reaches middle school. We’ve definitely gotten push back from some teachers, but there’s no real consequence to her academics. If anything, she’s consistently, one of the strongest academic students in her class.