Homework has been a source of contention since it was first assigned in U.S. public schools in the 1800s. By 1900, it had become so unpopular in some circles that an editorial by Edward Bok, the ...

T o most of us, the idea of students toiling over homework at the kitchen table seems as American as apple pie. But educational faddists are pushing hard to reduce or even eliminate homework from ...

Not all students gain from conventional homework. Rather than written tasks, creative fields, including art, music, and physical education, call for practical experience and in-class engagement.

Homework can deepen inequities for low-income students at school if teachers judge students’ effort by their families’ involvement. That’s according to a new study in the journal ...

Published in the international journal Learning and Instruction, the study focused on 4,118 Irish eighth graders. It examined how their homework patterns affected their math and science ...

It wasn’t so far in the past that accepting an executive position meant being in the office each day, showing up on time, dressed and ready for meetings, ...

When she can’t figure something out for homework, we head into nuclear meltdown levels. The kids have to have a certain level of understanding before they can explain to us what needs to be done.

The share of teens who admitted to using ChatGPT as a homework helper more than doubled last year, according Pew Research Center.