Q: My son just started sixth grade and already has been overwhelmed with schoolwork. It has become too much for him and he is becoming very stressed by it. I started to help him with his homework, but ...

Homework is a hot-button issue for both parents and teachers. When we asked the MindShift audience about it, we got a wide range of thoughtful answers. And the results of our poll were pretty evenly ...

The right kind of homework will teach rather than bore kids. Nov. 20, 2009— -- The Milley children of Calgary, Alberta, will never have to do homework again thanks to a unique legal contract ...

Lafayette students will need to pay closer attention to homework this upcoming school year after the Lafayette Parish School Board approved a change returning homework to the grading formula for sixth ...

A detailed study of college-level physics courses confirms students’ deepest fears: Homework really is important. Students who regularly copied problem sets earned lower grades and were three times as ...

As kids return to school, debate is heating up once again over how they should spend their time after they leave the classroom for the day. The no-homework policy of a second-grade teacher in Texas ...

Q: My son will start the sixth grade at a new public charter school this year. This school uses a classical curriculum that does not draw from pop culture and sets high academic standards. The kids ...

Nothing quite stresses out students and parents about the beginning of the school year as the return to homework, which for many households means nightly battles centered around completing ...

Everyone’s heard the phrase “grading your own homework.” It’s usually said in a negative context, for good reason. Students shouldn’t be allowed to grade their own homework for school just like ad ...

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