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On the cover of the "new york daily news" features rex ryan with rex jaw dropper. the jets quarterback could miss six to ten weeks of the season. love it or hate it, it of course is back to school season. millions of kids getting ready for another year of hitting the books, but are the books hitting them a little too hard? nbcs craig melvin has more. >> reporter: back to school means back to homework. according to a new study, kids are receiving more homework than what education experts recomm...

Homework, how much is too much? and its not just students complaining anymore apparently. one father says his 13-year-old daughters unbearable homework load is turning her into a, his words not mine, sleep-deprived teen zombie. to get a better idea of just how much she had to do, he did her homework for a week. that father is journalist carl terrell greenfield. we enjoyed it so much we wanted to invite him on. hes also the author of seven books, most recently the novel. joins me live now from ca...

It was an awful lot of work and hard work. >> there are a lot of folks out there who would contend that the homework load that you criticize in your article is a crucial part of the effort that has been a foot in this country for a long time, to make sure that our students are prepared not just to succeed on standardized tests, but also helps prepare them for workload at a reputable college. what say you to that? >> well, thats one of the things i was trying to figure out. first of all, i though...