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

My son is in second grade and gets homework in several subjects every day. Sometimes, we are both up past his bedtime to ensure everything gets done. A child psychologist agrees that homework on ...

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Senior Lecturer in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra A middle school student I know came home from school with the task to recreate a medieval fort out of cake. I expect the History ...

Parents, you aren’t imagining it: Your kids may be struggling with too much homework. Just in time for back-to-school season, a new study has revealed that elementary school students get three times ...

Some research questions the value of homework prior to high school. — -- More than 550 students at a Massachusetts elementary school will have less to carry home in their backpacks this year.

Homework is one those never-ending debates in K-12 circles that re-emerges every few years, bringing with it a new collection of headlines. Usually they bemoan how much homework students have, or ...