For a lot of families, homework is no longer just a small after-school task. It is turning into a second shift. What used to sound manageable on paper - a little reading, a little math, a few minutes ...

The amount of homework teachers are assigning in many districts has declined over the past few years. And a deeper dive shows that educators in high-poverty school systems are less likely to give out ...

Clarification: This story has updated to give a more precise estimate of the portion of teachers who say they do not assign homework at all. Questions over how much homework schools should assign are ...