As a mom of five kids, I’ve heard it all: “Homework should be banned!” my son recently complained, throwing his backpack on the floor. And honestly, I get it. Over the past decade of parenting, I’ve ...

From kindergartners to college students, they would all tell you the same thing: we need less homework. Met by the rolling eyes of teachers and parents, the call to less or no homework at all is often ...

The necessity of homework has been a subject of debate since at least as far back as the 1890s, according to Joyce L. Epstein, co-director of the Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships ...

There are longstanding debates surrounding homework: when it is beneficial to learning and understanding, and how much time should students spend on it. In an informal Education Week LinkedIn Poll ...

On the first day of school, teacher Maya Kruger announced to her sixth-graders at St. Anthony Middle School that her policy is to give them time to work on their assignments in class. Anything that ...

In 2016, a teacher in Texas made headlines for her unique approach to homework — or lack thereof. Brandy Young, a second-grade teacher at Godley Elementary School in the suburbs of Forth Worth and ...

School assignments that a student is expected to do outside of the regular school day—that’s homework. The general guideline is 10 minutes of nightly homework per grade level beginning after ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - When Harriett Plowman yanked her children out of the Kansas City School District, homework was one of the main reasons. Not enough homework. So the Kansas City school board member ...

Courtney White is a high school teacher in Alvarado, Texas, who never assigns homework. She recently sparked a debate on TikTok after explaining her stance on not assigning homework. Some commenters ...