A picture appearing to show one child's wild answer to a spelling homework assignment has drawn an astonished response on social media—but not for the reasons you might have thought. In a post titled ...

According to the Australian newspaper The Age, homework resentment might have reached its peak in 1887, when "a Texas student about to be whipped for refusing to do homework brought out a butcher's ...

As the school work starts to pile up, it’s easy for your child to become overwhelmed. Educational Consultant Chrissy Khachane shares four simple strategies parents can use to help. 1. Find a location ...

Harris Cooper, professor of psychology at Duke, reviewed more than 60 studies regarding the amount of time a child might do homework to achieve the optimal results. In a paper, published in 2006, he ...

In a new study, the Center for American Progress delves into the quality of American homework assignments and finds a lot of them don't demand much from students besides basic skills. The study ...

The necessity of homework has been a subject of debate since at least as far back as the 1890s, according to Joyce L. Epstein, co-director of the Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships ...

Back to school can be a difficult transition for many families, but even more challenging for some is the return to homework — for both kids and parents. A new survey from Office Depot finds that ...

Today’s post is prompted by a bit of summer vacation reading: Anne Lamott’s “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life.” It’s the first full week of August, September is just a few weeks ...