Some schools are eliminating homework, citing research showing it doesn’t do much to boost achievement. But maybe teachers just need to assign a different kind of homework. In 2016, a second-grade ...

Little girls seated at their desk, education, child in a classroom, reading and writing lesson, primary school on Dec. 19, 2006. As kids return to school, debate is heating up once again over how they ...

If you made it past the headline, you're likely a student, concerned parent, teacher or, like me, a nerd nostalgist who enjoys basking in the distant glow of Homework Triumphs Past (second-grade ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Homework and school seem to go hand-in-hand, But is it doing more harm than good? The National Education Association recommends a 10-minute per grade level rule for homework. Yet, ...

Homework hasn’t changed much in the past few decades. Most children are still sent home with about an hour’s worth of homework each day, mostly practising what they were taught in class. If we look ...

America has long had a fickle relationship with homework. A century or so ago, progressive reformers argued that it made kids unduly stressed, which later led in some cases to district-level bans on ...

Educators on social media appear deeply divided over the utility of homework. Many question whether the assignments still serve a clear academic purpose in a post-pandemic landscape, while others ...

In the field of educational technology, some apps might be getting too smart. More and more apps are delivering on-demand homework help to students, who can easily re-purpose the learning tools to ...

The debate over homework rages on. In response to an Opinion essay by a teacher titled “What Do You Mean My Kid Doesn’t Have Homework? ”, many Facebook users took to the comments section to voice ...

Confidence, intelligence, creativity, and happy productivity depend on ample time for unstructured play and imagination. This is true throughout childhood, but especially critical in the early years, ...