In elementary school, where we often assign overtime even to the youngest children, studies have shown there’s no academic ...

More parents are now rejecting the assignments, concentrating more on their businesses, as the economy bites harder.

I’m writing this as a mom, who happens to be a teacher. There’s been a new school of thought and many schools are now adopting a no-homework policy. t And I must say that I’m a bit old-school; I still ...

Do students really need to do their homework? As a parent and a former teacher, I have been pondering this question for quite a long time. The teacher side of me can acknowledge that there were ...

It’s been argued that kids today have way more homework than they ever did, and one parent is so over it. Mom and author Bunmi Laditan says in a Facebook post that’s gone viral that her 10-year-old ...

Homework can deepen inequities for low-income students at school if teachers judge students’ effort by their families’ involvement. That’s according to a new study in the journal Educational ...

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My son is in second grade and gets homework in several subjects every day. Sometimes, we are both up past his bedtime to ensure everything gets done. A child psychologist agrees that homework on ...