Artificial intelligence is moving so quickly that it could change one of the most familiar parts of a student’s school day: homework.

Homework can be a sticking point for busy families. After experts questioned its relevance for primary schoolers, many of you weighed in on Facebook, disagreeing on how much, if any, homework is the ...

Editor’s Note: Etta Kralovec is associate professor of teacher education and director of graduate teacher education at the University of Arizona South. She is the author of “The End of Homework,” ...

Reformers in the Progressive Era (from the 1890s to 1920s) depicted homework as a “sin” that deprived children of their playtime. Many critics voice similar concerns today. Yet there are many parents ...

This is the third installment in our series about school in a perfect world. Read previous entries on calendars and content. We asked prominent voices in education—from policy makers and teachers to ...

Homework horror stories are as timeworn as school bullies and cafeteria mystery meat. But as high-stakes testing pressures have mounted over the past decade—and global rankings for America’s schools ...

Chelsea was in 10th grade the first time I told her directly to stop doing her homework and get some sleep. I had been working with her since she was in middle school, treating her anxiety disorder.

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Homework hasn’t changed much in the past few decades. Most children are still sent home with about an hour’s worth of homework each day, mostly practising what they were taught in class. If we look ...