It’s 3:30 on a Wednesday afternoon in north suburban Glencoe, one of the wealthiest towns in the U.S. The quiet, brick-lined streets of the business district are about to get louder. Two blocks away, ...

Most of us had a complicated relationship with homework during our time in school, as evidenced by the classic “the dog ate my homework” trope. Sure, it’s absurd, but the fact is, we would’ve gladly ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — As students settle into the school year, many families are looking for ways to support their children’s homework and study habits. The Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach ...

Homework hasn’t changed much in the past few decades. Most children are still sent home with about an hour’s worth of homework each day, mostly practising what they were taught in class. If we look ...

Readers argue both sides, citing Finland, the value of repetition, education inequity and more. To the Editor: Re “The Movement to End Homework Is Wrong,” by Jay Caspian Kang (Sunday Opinion, July 31) ...

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 ...

Homework has been tied to school for as long as most of us can remember. Ask any student what school is like, and you'll hear about tests, teachers and homework. But with the way learning shifted ...