Arlington Public Schools in Virginia is proposing a plan that would enable middle and high school students to retake or redo certain assignments and reduce the weight that homework has on a student’s ...

“Did you finish studying for your math test?” I said, a little too sharply, to my 12-year-old son one morning. “Sort of,” he sighed. “It doesn’t even matter. If I don’t do well I’ll just retake it.” ...