As kids return to school, debate is heating up once again over how they should spend their time after they leave the classroom for the day. But the question of how much work children should be doing ...

Make homework calmer with 5 small environment tweaks. Try a same-spot anchor, a simple landing routine, better lighting, less ...

If you're a parent with kids in school, you may have noticed they might be getting less homework than they used to or maybe none at all. That's a relief for some families and dismaying to others. We ...

After eight hours at school, plus whatever extracurriculars they’ve got going on after school, your kid comes home, exhausted. They eat dinner and then: It’s right back to the grind as they tackle ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- A letter to parents by a second-grade teacher in Texas has gone viral after she wrote she wouldn't assign any formal homework this year. Instead, she's asking families to eat ...

WHYY recently hosted a parenting seminar with experts and families on the subject of homework. Here are the remaining highlights from the discussion. Audience Question: We all struggle with balancing ...

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 ...

Tutoring is probably one of the oldest teaching methods. In ancient Greece, in the time of Plato and Socrates, the children of the wealthy were educated individually or in small groups by masters or ...

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 ...

While giving homework to pupils in secondary schools is generally seen as a good idea, some don't think that kids in primary schools should have to do it. To play ...