The debate about the importance and relevance of homework has been going on for decades. There is a divide in the philosophies of schools and teachers: Some say homework is imperative for student ...

In the spirit of free and open debate, Highland Elementary fourth-grade students were asked whether or not they should have to do work. The Citizen Telegram will be posting some of their responses ...

Students wait for a celebration of high test scores to begin at La Tijera Academy of Excellence in Inglewood on Wednesday. (Juliana Yamada / Los Angeles Times) Homework has long been a topic of debate ...

A roundup of Florida education news from around the state Jeffrey S. Solochek is an education reporter covering K-12 education policy and schools. Reach him at jsolochek@tampabay.com. The Tampa Bay ...

Harris Cooper, professor of psychology at Duke, reviewed more than 60 studies regarding the amount of time a child might do homework to achieve the optimal results. In a paper, published in 2006, he ...

Backpack bulging, worksheets galore, read this, study that . . . all after seven hours in school already. HOMEWORK. If you think kids are the only ones who disagree with teachers about the need for ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Kevin Longonop, 10, is being assisted by his mother Viola Longonop to finish homework at their home at Kambi Samaki in ...

From kindergartners to college students, they would all tell you the same thing: we need less homework. Met by the rolling eyes of teachers and parents, the call to less or no homework at all is often ...

After watching homework consume her daughter's afternoons and evenings, writer Eden Strong decided she was no longer willing ...