It’s only been a month since school started, and it has been the best back-to-school experience ever. I have one person to thank for that, and it’s my 6-year-old daughter’s teacher. More: Don’t hate ...

Smartmom was in one of her rages after attending Tuesday night’s discussion at the Seventh Avenue Barnes & Noble with the authors of The Case Against Homework: How Homework is Hurting Our Children and ...

AS the Los Angeles Unified School District engages in a heated homework debate, the rest of the world is also reconsidering this standard feature of public education. A group of French parents and ...

For years, students have whined that their book reports, math problems and science projects were pointless. Now, several authors, and even some parents, agree that homework isn't worth much, at least ...

The following is a listing of selected readers’ responses regarding the subject of homework. Anti-homework Shirley Gallipo: Her seventh-grader’s homework consumes two to five hours per night, and it’s ...