A few days into the new semester this January, the LaSalle Parish school district in rural Louisiana made a pronouncement: There would be no more homework. None of the 2,500 students in this district ...

Some experts worry that less homework could be a problem for math achievement, at a time when test scores nationwide are ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A leading educator has weighed in on the debate surrounding a seemingly impossible math problem allegedly set as homework ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The sassy note a child left on his math homework has left the internet in stitches. Alex Helms from Charlotte, North ...

An Iowa woman jokingly calls it "Satan's handiwork." A California mom says she's broken down in tears. A Pennsylvania parent says it "makes my blood boil." What could be so horrible? Grade-school math ...

It’s an opportunity to walk alongside them as they commit to the work of learning. By Saul Austerlitz My kids call me the homework villain. Every school-day afternoon, my two sons — the older is ...

I’ll be the first to admit that math isn’t my strongest subject. I’d even go as far as saying I’m pretty much innumerate (illiterate but for numbers – not a real word but go with it.) With that being ...

The issue of assigning homework is controversial in terms of its purpose, what to assign, the amount of time needed to complete it, parental involvement, its actual affect on learning and achievement, ...