The role of homework has long been debated in education—what’s its purpose? How much is too much? Is it effective? As schools ...

Homework remains a staple of many students’ educational experiences. But what do we know about the rationale for why teachers and schools assign it? The results of a recent survey by the EdWeek ...

Editor’s Note: Etta Kralovec is associate professor of teacher education and director of graduate teacher education at the University of Arizona South. She is the author of “The End of Homework,” ...

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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 ...

Homework can be a sticking point for busy families. After experts questioned its relevance for primary schoolers, many of you weighed in on Facebook, disagreeing on how much, if any, homework is the ...

The issue started quietly, the way most school problems do, through a notification that seemed routine at first glance.

Homework horror stories are as timeworn as school bullies and cafeteria mystery meat. But as high-stakes testing pressures have mounted over the past decade—and global rankings for America’s schools ...

Going to school - means lessons, assembly, seeing your friends and - for a lot of you - time to do homework! While giving homework to pupils in secondary schools is generally seen as a good idea, some ...

Sachem was the last straw. Â Or was it Kiva? My 12-year-old daughter and I had been drilling social-studies key words for more than an hour. It was 11 p.m. Our entire evening had, as usual, consisted ...