No homework before middle school?

Adding to the homework controversy, here's an article that says brain research indicates that homework is not beneficial before middle school.  What do you think?

Top Ten Necessities for Education Reform

Here is a great article, written by a middle school teacher who is also a NEUROLOGIST!  In it she gives her top ten necessities for education reform.  What I hope that policy makers and teachers who find change hard to implement recognize is the research basis for what she is saying, especially the basis of how the brain itself functions.  Shouldn't that guide our methods?