Here’s the thing about parenting: It’s all ever-evolving. You figure out a system or a routine or an approach that’s ...

The Indiana police department cautioned against calling for homework help. An Indiana police dispatcher had to take a little trip down memory lane recently when she got a 911 call that took her by ...

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. In addition to our traditional advice, every Thursday we feature an assortment of teachers from across the country answering your education ...

I'm a college student at a university in Scotland who's studying abroad in California right now. I was surprised to learn that in the US, there's a lot more homework but it's easier to pass. In the UK ...

Laura Linn Knight taught in elementary schools for five years and has two children of her own. Here she shares tips for parents when it comes to homework and when to have kids do theirs. This is ...

I have a newly minted fifth grader at a charter school (while I don’t love charter schools, I am in a state consistently ranked nearly last in education, and his class size in public school would be ...

My son’s homework packet sat untouched on my kitchen counter all summer and made me cringe. It was a constant reminder that I didn’t measure up. And it made me worry that maybe my 10-year-old wouldn’t ...