The advantages of being an old geezer.
In grade school, we didn't have homework. It was a one room country school and each grade had their share of the teacher's time during the day. No one carried books home with them at the end of the day. Any homework was done while the other grades were "in class".
In high school, the school issued books for each subject and returned at the end of the year.. In college, we rented the textbooks for $1 for the semester and you had the option of buying them if you wanted to at the end of the semester.