This is the question at the heart of the homework debate. The Washington Post education reporter Jay Mathews wrote a powerful article: “Parents Saying No to Too Much Homework.” The story was inspired ...

As children make their way back to school this week, parents are busy buying uniforms, restoring a sleep routine, meeting new teachers, and thinking of healthy lunch ideas. But once in the swing of ...

Homework is as American as, well, mom and apple pie. It’s a concept that has spanned generations (and likely maintained its unpopularity with each new generation of students who take it on). While ...

HOME WITH THEM. WEEKEND HOMEWORK DOES IT PASS OR FAIL? THEY ARE THE HOPE OF A NATION. THEY ARE THE FUTURE. THEY ARE THE CHILDREN. HOMEWORK ON THE WEEKENDS, THERE ARE FAUX PAS. LET’S START BY ASKING ...

There has been a lot of talk lately about homework, much of it generated by two new books, "The Homework Myth" by Alfie Kohn and "The Case Against Homework" by Sara Bennett and Nancy Kalish. Both say ...