Now that the lazy hazy days are waning, parenting blogs are getting back to the great homework debate. It's a perennial issue – how much is too much? In response to complaints from parents about ...

Creating tasks with a focus on students’ autonomy—by providing choices, for example—helps them see the relevance of homework.

One second-grade teacher in Texas wrote a letter to parents to announce she is getting rid of homework for her young students. It has since gone viral. Homework—is it useful for second-graders, or is ...

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. The no-homework policy of a second-grade teacher in Texas ...

Research shows that some students regularly receive higher amounts of homework than experts recommend, which may cause stress and negative health effects. Share on Pinterest Research suggests that ...