The role of homework has long been debated in education—what’s its purpose? How much is too much? Is it effective? As schools ...

Meeta Sengupta is a writer, speaker, consultant and advisor on education and skills. Meeta is the founder of #EduIn, an online discussion that brings hundreds of participants together every month on ...

A few days into the new semester this January, the LaSalle Parish school district in rural Louisiana made a pronouncement: No more homework. Since then, none of the 2,500 students in this district — ...

“There is no evidence that any amount of homework improves the academic performance of elementary students.” This statement, by homework research guru Harris Cooper, of Duke University, is startling ...

Next time you want to complain about the amount of homework you do, remember that students in Shanghai spend an average of over 14 hours per week on take-home work. A recent brief from the ...

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.