The purpose of homework in education By pushing students to review content, practice skills, and create autonomous study habits, homework historically supports classroom learning. It lets students ...

Teachers from Durban primary school, Charles Hugo, share their homework advice for parents this back to school season.

There was a story in The Wall Street Journal in late April that should concern parents across America. It wasn't about inflation or the peril facing regional banks: It was more serious than that. It ...

Are your kids fussy about doing their homework? Do they always come up with excuses to delay their work? Do they hate doing their assignments? If yes, then you might be under a lot of stress thinking ...

Homework time may be viewed as the most daunting part of the day, both for children and parents. This period comes in towards the evening when all that children may want to do is play, sleep or watch ...

Schoolchildren are not known for their love of homework. For Syrian refugees living in Lebanon, there are additional reasons not to do it. First, there is the language. In Lebanon, the curriculum is ...

Dad walks by his 14-year-old daughter Sophie’s room and sees that she is talking on the phone. He is enraged. It is 8:30 P.M. and she has not started her homework. Dad yells at her, "Get off the phone ...

Though long regarded as a basic feature of education, homework has drawn both compliments and criticism for its part in student learning. Historically, it supported individual study, strengthened ...