The mother of a Grade 3 student lost her marbles over a vague mathematics equations her daughter was assigned as homework. Dusty Sappington was just as dumbfounded as her eight-year-old Izzy when she ...

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The issue of assigning homework is controversial in terms of its purpose, what to assign, the amount of time needed to complete it, parental involvement, its actual affect on learning and achievement, ...

Corey Simmons got on the New York City subway, heading from Manhattan to Brooklyn to pick up his son from his grandmother about two weeks ago. He knew he needed to open the green folder on his lap, ...