A brand-new study on the academic effects of homework offers not only some intriguing results but also a lesson on how to read a study -- and a reminder of the importance of doing just that: reading ...

(KFVS/CBS News) - Most students and parents have an expectation of homework, but how much homework should students have each night, and should their age factor into that? Duke University Professor of ...

Homework is one of those hot-button topics that never fails to set off a wide range of responses when people are asked about its value. From ardent backers of the age-old practice to absolute ...

Homework is as American as, well, mom and apple pie. It’s a concept that has spanned generations (and likely maintained its unpopularity with each new generation of students who take it on). While ...

Homework, a waste of time? According to a new study, more homework assignments do not translate into better grades. LONDON: Homework, a waste of time? According to a new study, more homework ...

Without homework, where will students learn to do work they can’t do at school? Homework, that fabled warrior in the fight against ignorance, is on the defensive these days. Students, have always ...

Sachem was the last straw. Â Or was it Kiva? My 12-year-old daughter and I had been drilling social-studies key words for more than an hour. It was 11 p.m. Our entire evening had, as usual, consisted ...

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A recent University of Phoenix ® College of Education survey of more than 1,000 American K-12 teachers reveals 62 percent assign less than three hours of homework per week.

Editor’s Note: Etta Kralovec is associate professor of teacher education and director of graduate teacher education at the University of Arizona South. She is the author of “The End of Homework,” ...