The amount of homework teachers are assigning in many districts has declined over the past few years. And a deeper dive shows ...

As a mom of five kids, I’ve heard it all: “Homework should be banned!” my son recently complained, throwing his backpack on the floor. And honestly, I get it. Over the past decade of parenting, I’ve ...

A new survey conducted by the EdWeek Research Center suggests that the amount of out-of-school coursework assigned to students has fallen, in many cases because students refuse to do it, or because ...

That kind of unstructured play is more than a simple pleasure, says Harvard educator Benjamin Mardell, who runs the Pedagogy of Play project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Free play ...

There was a story in The Wall Street Journal in late April that should concern parents across America. It wasn't about inflation or the peril facing regional banks: It was more serious than that. It ...

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Best mom ever? A parent is sick of seeing her child suffer over homework so she opted him out of it. Deyan Georgiev - stock.adobe.com If only she could be all of our moms. A protective parent in ...

A Staten Island father was furious over homework that was assigned to his daughter that he felt was disparaging to President Trump. When Vincent Ungro’s daughter brought the homework to him for help, ...

A Long Island teacher was removed from the classroom after complaints about a fifth-grade homework assignment. Parents in Spring, Texas are asking how a question about rape ended up on a biology ...

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — Fifty-five U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadets have been disciplined for sharing homework answers in violation of academy policy, Coast Guard officials announced. After a series ...

My son’s homework packet sat untouched on my kitchen counter all summer and made me cringe. It was a constant reminder that I didn’t measure up. And it made me worry that maybe my 10-year-old wouldn’t ...