Junior high students at the Marya Yates School in Matteson simply had too many crushes to attend to, Web sites to surf, and television shows to watch in order to sit diligently at their kitchen tables ...

For his first big take-home project,my kindergartner sealed half a banana, a handful of shredded cheese and a slice of bread into three separate baggies. Then he waited. Eventually, the banana turned ...

For 12-year-old Mattison Mitchell, a homework lesson became a hobby that developed into a small business venture that may now help fund her college education. Her mom, AJ, said they nicknamed her ...

A second-grade teacher in North Texas has adopted a no-homework lesson plan for this school year. Brandy Young teaches at Godley Elementary School in Godley, 20 miles southwest of Fort Worth. Young ...

When the children returned to school last September I dared to dream, for the short while I was allowed, that homework might be a thing of the past. Our afternoons and evenings were our own, the kids ...

Bitesize has the answers to lots of interesting questions like, why doesn't ketchup come out of the bottle? Or what happens when you strike a match in space? While knowing the answer to these ...