In elementary school, where we often assign overtime even to the youngest children, studies have shown there’s no academic ...

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – A small but growing number of elementary schools and teachers are doing away with homework to allow kids more time to play sports, spend time with families, read and sleep. The ...

There are two words all students love to hear from their teacher: ‘no homework’. A Massachusetts school is saying just that to students as they are returning to classes, but it’s not being done ...

Just one look at your child’s face after school and you know you’re in for a long night struggling with math homework, answering questions about past and present tenses and giving advice about what ...

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - Guess what, kids? No homework. Really. All year. A small but growing number of elementary schools and individual teachers are doing away with the after-school chore to allow ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Is homework actually helping kids learn? It’s a debate that’s heating up again as some mainland schools ban it altogether. In the islands, schools are also looking at the ...

The Harford County Public Schools homework policy is bad and it’s not likely to get better any time soon. Its flaws are rooted in a faulty institutional approach that has plagued the school system for ...

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SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- Guess what, kids? No homework. Really. All year. A small but growing number of elementary schools and individual teachers are doing away with the after-school chore to ...