What is the best approach teachers can take towards homework? I think the guest responses today, along with numerous reader comments, provide a great perspective on the topic. If you’d like to read ...

Children cannot be made to acquire skills. They aren’t vending machines, such that we put in more homework and get out more learning. There’s something perversely fascinating about educational ...

Eighth-grader Kaitlyn Dugan does her homework because it makes her a better student. Tenth-grader Jason Leo feels homework is just something you have to do and gets it done. It is no surprise that as ...

A second-grade teacher in Texas recently rekindled the annual debate over whether kids spend too much time on homework. The teacher said she did not plan to assign homework this school year because it ...

Differentiating content and instruction for each individual learner was once considered the pedagogical holy grail. Yet it could be tiresome. Offering three tiers of worksheets, four centers with ...

A new educational study offers evidence that simple and inexpensive changes to existing courses can help students learn more effectively. The study found that making a few changes to homework ...

If your evenings sometimes look like a scene from a dramatic TV show, crumpled worksheets, a frustrated child threatening to run away, and you counting to ten very slowly while holding back tears, you ...

Traditional homework is evolving. Personal computers are transforming learning. Homework is becoming interactive and personalized. Students receive real-time support and diverse content. This shift ...

The survey carried out by Stanford University researchers covered over four thousand students of high performing schools in California, US. The researchers used survey data to examine perceptions ...

Homework usually goes over what was taught in the classroom and so is also a good way of cementing the lessons of the day LITTLE Johnny sits at the back of the class, unable to answer the teacher’s ...