“There is no evidence that any amount of homework improves the academic performance of elementary students.” This statement, by homework research guru Harris Cooper, of Duke University, is startling ...

There are so many reasons why children may need homework help. Sometimes a child simply does not understand the assignment or the lessons. In other cases, the kid simply misses work because of not ...

Editor’s Note: Etta Kralovec is associate professor of teacher education and director of graduate teacher education at the University of Arizona South. She is the author of “The End of Homework,” ...

Educators might be striking a happy balance between homework that's assigned to promote learning and homework that's perceived by students and parents as "busywork." As recently as 2002, a vast 74 ...

Students in primary schools are being assigned nearly three times the amount recommended by the National Education Association (NEA), according to new research appearing in the American Journal of ...

Lots of school-age children are starting to learn the strategies needed adjust and be productive in the so-termed “new normal”. However, the situation remains considerably challenging for young people ...

IS IT a bore for the kids, another layer of labour for frazzled mums — or a crucial route to academic success? Children’s homework and the time it takes are problems for parents — homework is ...