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As the school year progresses, many students and parents are grappling with the challenges of homework, often leading to stress and frustration at home. Melissa Jones, founder of Girls Positivity Club ...
I feel sorry for the teachers in Piscataway, N.J. According to your Oct. 14 editorial “Homework, but within reason,” a new Piscataway school district policy (endorsed by the Tribune) li… ...
Kids hate homework. But as students grapple with mental health impacts of the pandemic, is it time schools start listening to pleas over workloads?
A study of global homework patterns suggests that the benefits of more homework assignments to boost student test scores may vary widely according to the grade level, the quality of a nation's ...
The issue of overloading students with homework once again is drawing media attention with a Washington Post column suggesting that some teachers give it for the wrong reasons.
Some schools are eliminating homework, citing research showing it doesn’t do much to boost achievement. But maybe teachers just need to assign a different kind of homework.
No homework sounds like a reward for selling the most chocolate bars for the annual band trip, not a forward-thinking idea worthy of serious consideration. The concept has been debated for years ...
Needless homework assignments persist because of widespread misconceptions about learning, says Alfie Kohn.