Homework is officially finished – in France at least.

No more angry tears over the 9-times tables at the kitchen table. No more sheets of grammar discovered the next morning in the bottom the book bag.

French President Francois Hollande won the adoration of school children (and their time-crunched parents) when he promised a total nation-wide ban on homework. The promise was made as part of a series of important education reforms: increasing the number of teachers, reducing the number of students held back each year, incentives for teachers to work in low-income areas. But it’s the homework cancellation that’s making headlines.