Creating tasks with a focus on students’ autonomy—by providing choices, for example—helps them see the relevance of homework.

Arguments against homework are well-documented, with some parents, teachers, and researchers saying these assignments put unnecessary stress on students and may not actually be helping them learn. But ...

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 ...

Many students at Hilda Solis Learning Academy believe too much homework is impacting them. In a school survey, almost 40% of students said they spent three hours or more a night. The amount 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 ...