My kids tell me that they need to use a computer (with wifi!) to do their homework. How do I handle this? Won't it be a huge distraction? Laura fields this common question from a parent. Parents ask ...

One of the most time-consuming aspects of teaching is grading homework assignments. So here’s an interesting crowdsourcing tool from Luca de Alfaro and Michael Shavlovsky at the University of ...

In his Atlantic essay, Karl Taro Greenfeld laments his 13-year-old daughter's heavy homework load. As an eighth grader at a New York middle school, Greenfeld’s daughter averaged about three hours of ...

If you're a parent with kids in school, you may have noticed they might be getting less homework than they used to or maybe none at all. That's a relief for some families and dismaying to others. We ...

At a small table between stacks of paperbacks and beneath an enormous map of the world in Minneapolis’ Franklin Library, fifth grader Bintou Dibba concentrates on her homework for the next day.

Teachers in Glasgow are being asked not to set homework using computers so that poorer children do not feel stigmatised. In a bid to ease financial pressures on families Glasgow City Council has ...

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