Although the homework wars of past years seems to have subsided, the debate continues over whether kids benefit from after-school assignments. Parents are divided on the value of homework. Some ...

The optimal amount of homework for 13-year-old students is about an hour a day, a study published earlier this month in the Journal of Educational Psychology suggests. And spending too much time on ...

The district had a homework committee of parents and teachers that unanimously adopted homework time guidelines similar to those supported by Pope’s study: 10 minutes per night per grade, topping out ...

Learning how to buckle down and do the work takes intentional action. Distractions, teen life, and life, in general, can make it difficult to keep up with a school workload. Experts in education ...

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It’s the bane of every teen’s existence. After sitting through hours at school, they leave only to get started on mountains of homework. And educators are mixed on its effectiveness. Some say the ...

A new study found that when it comes to raising teenagers, girls spend more time on homework and household chores than boys. The Pew Research Center combed through data from the Bureau of Labor ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. Some schools are eliminating homework, citing research showing it ...

So all that time you spent doing tedious homework assignments back in your school days was all for naught, according to a new study. Turns out, it probably didn’t help you get any smarter. In fact, it ...

Creating the perfect homework station isn’t just about finding a desk and chair — it’s about designing a space that actually ...

Although often starting in the elementary grades, homework becomes more seriously given and seriously taken in middle school, when early adolescents start having a lot of other growing concerns on ...