Source: Flickr Creative Commons/Alberto G. With the school in full swing for so many youth, I wanted to share some comments that students across the nation have shared in response to my blogs on ...

Timothy, a fifth grader, spends up to thirteen hours a day hunched over a desk at school or at home, studying and doing homework. Should his parents feel proud? Now imagine, for comparison's sake, ...

Marissa is a fictional but typical high school student. She finishes her school day and then has sports practice and her after-school job each day. It’s nearly 11 p.m. before she returns home, ...

Having less homework would be beneficial for some students like Kyan Vanderweel, a San Luis Obispo high school student. With multiple band and orchestra practices a day, on top of taking AP classes, ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Homework and school seem to go hand-in-hand, But is it doing more harm than good? The National Education Association recommends a 10-minute per grade level rule for homework. Yet, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — How much homework is too much homework? A new California bill introduced in the State Assembly asserts that giving elementary school students hefty amounts of homework does not ...

There has been a lot of talk lately about homework, much of it generated by two new books, "The Homework Myth" by Alfie Kohn and "The Case Against Homework" by Sara Bennett and Nancy Kalish. Both say ...

The Los Angeles School District has a new policy saying that homework can’t account for more than 10 percent of a student’s grade. According to the LA Times, the policy is “intended to account for the ...