A new survey conducted by the EdWeek Research Center suggests that the amount of out-of-school coursework assigned to students has fallen, in many cases because students refuse to do it, or because ...

In elementary school, where we often assign overtime even to the youngest children, studies have shown there’s no academic ...

As a mom of five kids, I’ve heard it all: “Homework should be banned!” my son recently complained, throwing his backpack on the floor. And honestly, I get it. Over the past decade of parenting, I’ve ...

Rob Manning / OPB It's the first day of school Wednesday for many of the kids in OPB's long-term project the "Class of 2025." They started kindergarten together, but they're in fourth grade now at a ...

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 ...

CAMAS — The Camas School District will be lightening the homework load for students starting in the fall after officials, teachers, parents and students spent a year looking at how to best use ...

Now that school is back in session, so are the nightly struggles with homework. Some students simply don't understand the material. In other cases, they wonder how they'll ever write that report and ...