Creating tasks with a focus on students’ autonomy—by providing choices, for example—helps them see the relevance of homework.

Professional organizer Harmony Seiter took us step-by-step through creating an at-home homework station. A homework caddy is great for small spaces, multi-purpose spaces, and for kids who love to do ...

Homework used to be a means of practicing what we’d learned. These days, it's the primary instruction method. Somewhere along the line, teachers stopped teaching full lessons in class and started ...

Homework is as American as, well, mom and apple pie. It’s a concept that has spanned generations (and likely maintained its unpopularity with each new generation of students who take it on). While ...

Do kids actually need homework? Even with increasing amounts of data, it's hard to know if homework is helping or hurting students. By Stan Horaczek Published Sep 23, 2021 8:00 AM EDT Get the Popular ...

There are longstanding debates surrounding homework: when it is beneficial to learning and understanding, and how much time should students spend on it. In an informal Education Week LinkedIn Poll ...

Scenes from a public school childhood: The second-grade teacher sends home a pile of worksheets almost every night. Mom is trying to coax her child through the pages once again, until the 7-year-old ...