In a new study, the Center for American Progress delves into the quality of American homework assignments and finds a lot of them don't demand much from students besides basic skills. The study ...

Although the homework wars of past years seems to have subsided, the debate continues over whether kids benefit from after-school assignments. Parents are divided on the value of homework. Some ...

Learning how to buckle down and do the work takes intentional action. Distractions, teen life, and life, in general, can make it difficult to keep up with a school workload. Experts in education ...

Does homework need to be rethought so that it is less of a burden and engages the child more effectively? Students in a large number of schools here - both public and private - are burdened with large ...

Piling on the homework doesn’t help kids do better in school. In fact, it can lower their test scores, the Huffington Post reports. That’s the conclusion of a group of Australian researchers, who have ...

The ease of finding information on the internet is hurting students' long-term retention and resulting in lower grades on exams, according to a new study. The ease of finding information on the ...