What is the best approach teachers can take towards homework? I think the guest responses today, along with numerous reader comments, provide a great perspective on the topic. If you’d like to read ...

Neurologist Judy Willis explores what kinds of homework help students at different stages of development and just how long out-of-hours work should take If you know a bit about the brain then you can ...

Differentiating content and instruction for each individual learner was once considered the pedagogical holy grail. Yet it could be tiresome. Offering three tiers of worksheets, four centers with ...

A new educational study offers evidence that simple and inexpensive changes to existing courses can help students learn more effectively. The study found that making a few changes to homework ...

Students might think of homework as something “extra,” but it is as important as work completed in class. It is impossible for students to learn all the facts, concepts and skills they need during the ...

Homework is as American as, well, mom and apple pie. It’s a concept that has spanned generations (and likely maintained its unpopularity with each new generation of students who take it on). While ...

A second-grade teacher in Texas recently rekindled the annual debate over whether kids spend too much time on homework. The teacher said she did not plan to assign homework this school year because it ...

The model of a medieval castle, cobbled together with bits of cardboard and leftover recyclables, was the final straw. When Rob Young, a single father, saw what his son's Grade 5 classmates had ...

Homework usually goes over what was taught in the classroom and so is also a good way of cementing the lessons of the day LITTLE Johnny sits at the back of the class, unable to answer the teacher’s ...