Creating tasks with a focus on students’ autonomy—by providing choices, for example—helps them see the relevance of homework.

Homework used to be a means of practicing what we’d learned. These days, it's the primary instruction method. Somewhere along ...

The start of a new school year typically marks the dreaded return of homework for students and parents. Brittney Schrick, extension family life specialist and associate professor for the University of ...

There are so many reasons why children may need homework help. Sometimes a child simply does not understand the assignment or the lessons. In other cases, the kid simply misses work because of not ...

Chelsea was in 10th grade the first time I told her directly to stop doing her homework and get some sleep. I had been working with her since she was in middle school, treating her anxiety disorder.

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. In 2016, a second-grade ...

It’s an opportunity to walk alongside them as they commit to the work of learning. By Saul Austerlitz My kids call me the homework villain. Every school-day afternoon, my two sons — the older is ...

If there’s one truth that the tech revolution has proven itself repeatedly, it’s this: just because we can build something doesn’t mean we should. Take, for instance, Google Glass, iTunes Ping, and ...

I can vividly remember sitting down to do my homework at the kitchen table as a kid while my mom or dad made dinner, squeezing every possible math problem in before they forced me to put my things ...