It’s the bane of every teen’s existence. After sitting through hours at school, they leave only to get started on mountains of homework. And educators are mixed on its effectiveness. Some say the ...

As many students start their second semester, it's important that they finish the school year on a high note. This may mean studying more and altering their homework routine. While some kids work best ...

Boys who play video games on school days spend 30 percent less time reading, and girls spend 34 percent less time doing homework than those who do not play such games, U.S. researchers said Monday.

With parents and kids juggling more sports, tutoring and extracurricular activities than ever, a Texas teacher believes there’s little time left for quality family time. So, she decided to take one ...

This article is one of the winning submissions from the first annual New York Post Scholars Contest, presented by Command Education. My phone beeped with a text: “Can you come to the playoffs with me ...

Parental concerns about ever-expanding homework assignments for their children may be misguided, according to new research suggesting that students' homework burdens have barely changed in 30 years.

How much time to spend on homework has always been a major sticking point between teenagers and their teachers and parents. And many teenagers will agree that spending time on math and science is the ...

High school girls spend about an hour more per week on their homework than their male counterparts, researchers at American University have found. Their study, published last month in Educational ...

The optimal amount of homework for 13-year-old students is about an hour a day, a study from Spain published last month in the Journal of Educational Psychology suggests. And spending too much time on ...