Students might think of homework as something “extra,” but it is as important as work completed in class. It is impossible for students to learn all the facts, concepts and skills they need during the ...

“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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — With a new school year underway, chances are your student is already coming home with homework. How can parents help their children ace those assignments? Read on to learn tips ...

Is homework important? A Texas teacher started a social media firestorm last month when she sent a letter to parents saying she would not assign her students homework. And it’s not just one teacher. A ...

That’s the first question I ask my two kids, aged nine and 14, when they get in from school. Not how they are, or how their day was – but, inevitably, what homework they’ve been given. It’s not ...

Some teens might try the ‘dog ate my homework’ trick, but this kid got creative, writing an essay on why homework was “not useful” to him. Eddie Cortez, 14, wrote a detailed letter to his teacher ...

Kids.gov is a good source of online information. Here are a few others: · http://www.nationalgeographic.com/homework -- Useful information about animals, history ...