A homework assignment at a Massachusetts high school has drawn outrage for being racist after it asked students to list the “positive effects of imperialism.” Calla Walsh tweeted a photo of the ...

A few days into the new semester this January, the LaSalle Parish school district in rural Louisiana made a pronouncement: There would be no more homework. None of the 2,500 students in this district ...

Education scholar Denise Pope has found that too much homework has negative effects on student well-being and behavioral engagement. Credit: L.A. Cicero Education scholar Denise Pope has found that ...

Parental help with homework has no significant impact on children's academic achievement in elementary school, according to Penn State College of Education researchers. Bodovski is lead author of a ...

Will homework in elementary school result in greater student achievement? Many elementary teachers now assign homework because they believe their district requires it and because the demand to stay ...

A brand-new study on the academic effects of homework offers not only some intriguing results but also a lesson on how to read a study -- and a reminder of the importance of doing just that: reading ...

When school is in session, students will spend the bulk of their downtime squeezing in their homework, and all of their extracurriculars. It's been reported that high school students get an average of ...