Do American students have too much homework, or too little? We often hear passionate arguments for either side, but I believe that we ought to be asking a different question altogether. What should ...

As a college professor, trying to get students excited about the work I have to grade later can be one of the more frustrating things about teaching. But when an assignment hits the right chord, it ...

The nation's best-known researcher on homework has taken a new look at the subject, and here is what Duke University professor Harris Cooper has to say: Elementary school students get no academic ...

WASHINGTON — The nation’s best-known researcher on homework has taken a new look at the subject, and here is what Duke University professor Harris Cooper has to say: Elementary-school students get no ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Just days into the new school year and it's already happening -- panic is setting in for parents as children seek help with their homework. The first thing that parents need to ...

Too much homework! It’s a common complaint heard in nearly every teenage household. But in many homes today, that protest also is coming from parents. Author Karl Taro Greenfeld decided to take a ...

In his Atlantic essay, Karl Taro Greenfeld laments his 13-year-old daughter's heavy homework load. As an eighth grader at a New York middle school, Greenfeld’s daughter averaged about three hours of ...