The right kind of homework will teach rather than bore kids. Nov. 20, 2009— -- The Milley children of Calgary, Alberta, will never have to do homework again thanks to a unique legal contract ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. By Harris Cooper A second-grade teacher in Texas recently rekindled the annual debate ...

Homework is an important part of instruction. Homework provides students the opportunity to practice or extend the material learned in the classroom. Research tells us that doing homework not only ...

Amidst the current backlash against homework, it would be helpful to get some real data on how much homework we’re actually talking about. The college of education at the for-profit University of ...

New research shows that some students are doing more than three hours of homework a night – and that all that school work may be literally making them sick. It may be tempting to dismiss this latest ...

So much of the homework advice parents are given is theory-based, and therefore not entirely helpful in the chaos of day-to-day life. People are told that students should have “grit.” They should ...

In his Atlantic essay, Karl Taro Greenfeld laments his 13-year-old daughter's heavy homework load. As an eighth grader at a New York middle school, Greenfeld’s daughter averaged about three hours of ...

Create an environment at home that encourages learning. Help children take responsibility for their learning. Get a tutor or other help if you need it. Homework is a traditional and expected practice ...

Homework may be the greatest extinguisher of curiosity ever invented - Alfie Kohen, author of The Homework Myth Sweeping our country is a new trend, which I love: No homework! Many parents are singing ...

Rachel Bennett, 12, loves playing soccer, spending time with her grandparents and making jewelry with beads. But since she entered a magnet middle school in the fall -- and began receiving two to four ...

As the debate over the need for homework continues, a new study found that it's the biggest cause of teen stress, leading to sleepless nights and poor academic performance Julie Mazziotta is the ...