Homework used to be a means of practicing what we’d learned. These days, it's the primary instruction method. Somewhere along ...

A second-grade teacher in Texas recently rekindled the annual debate over whether kids spend too much time on homework. The teacher said she did not plan to assign homework this school year because it ...

Homework battles can be transformed into positive learning experiences. Experts suggest creating a consistent, distraction-free environment and keeping sessions short. Parents should act as ...

Differentiating content and instruction for each individual learner was once considered the pedagogical holy grail. Yet it could be tiresome. Offering three tiers of worksheets, four centers with ...

There is no law governing homework in Northern Ireland, so every school must devise their own policy and share it with ...

What is the best approach teachers can take towards homework? I think the guest responses today, along with numerous reader comments, provide a great perspective on the topic. If you’d like to read ...

It’s an opportunity to walk alongside them as they commit to the work of learning. By Saul Austerlitz My kids call me the homework villain. Every school-day afternoon, my two sons — the older is ...

The Atlantic recently published a collection of short perspective pieces on “The Homework Wars,” inspired by an article by parent Karl Taro Greenberg entitled “My Daughter’s Homework Is Killing Me.” ...