It's hard to get kids excited about things they don't want to do, like going to sleep, eating their veggies, and, yes, doing their homework. While some children are natural overachievers who enjoy ...

A little boy named Edward Immaunel Cortez is taking a stand against homework, once and for all. In a now-viral "essay" that's making its way around the Twittersphere, he declared that he wasn't doing ...

In an informal Education Week LinkedIn Poll earlier this year, 42% of respondents said they believe homework is necessary for ...

The necessity of homework has been a subject of debate since at least as far back as the 1890s, according to Joyce L. Epstein, co-director of the Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships ...

It’s hard to fault the child who resists doing homework. After all, she has already put in a long day at school, probably been involved in afterschool activities, and, as the late afternoon spills ...

Homework was probably first assigned the first time a teacher was frustrated that students weren’t learning enough—and that's probably when civilization began. Since then, legions of kids have pleaded ...

If you’ve ever stared at your homework feeling stuck, you’re not alone. Many children say it makes them feel stressed, bored, or even anxious. Why do teachers keep giving you work to do at home when ...

In The Sims 4’s new expansion, High School Years, your teen Sims can head out to school the same way some Sims head to work. You can go with them to control what they do throughout the school day, ...

Some schools are eliminating homework, citing research showing it doesn’t do much to boost achievement. But maybe teachers just need to assign a different kind of homework. In 2016, a second-grade ...

Homework: the nightly battlefield where parents and kids clash over math problems, spelling lists and life’s little injustices. But one Arizona mom is tossing the rulebook — and a few answers — right ...

A Texas teacher's note to parents about her newly implemented "no formal homework policy" in her second-grade class went viral last week, opening up the floodgates for parents, teachers and school ...

A boy's sassy response to his teacher over why he didn't do his homework is going viral again, due to the sheer hilarity of his answer. Lydia Cortez posted the letter her cousin's son wrote online ...