Marissa is a fictional but typical high school student. She finishes her school day and then has sports practice and her after-school job each day. It’s nearly 11 p.m. before she returns home, ...

In recent years, homework has become a very hot topic. Many parents and educators have raised concerns about homework and questioned how effective it is in enhancing students’ learning. There are also ...

When my older daughter was in first grade last year, she averaged about 10-15 minutes of homework a few nights a week. Since she's so young, I viewed her homework as less a tool for becoming "book ...

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 ...

The Los Angeles School District has a new policy saying that homework can’t account for more than 10 percent of a student’s grade. According to the LA Times, the policy is “intended to account for the ...

Though long regarded as a basic feature of education, homework has drawn both compliments and criticism for its part in student learning. Historically, it supported individual study, strengthened ...

Researchers surveyed 4,300 students from both public and private schools to determine the effect of homework load on high school students in and out of the classroom. They found on average students do ...

"Sometimes teachers can give too much homework ... when teenagers are out there working aside from going to school at 8 in the morning, and then getting off their job at 10 or 11 at night, or they're ...

Timothy, a fifth grader, spends up to thirteen hours a day hunched over a desk at school or at home, studying and doing homework. Should his parents feel proud? Now imagine, for comparison's sake, ...