You’ve probably heard the bad news about homework: kids are working longer hours than ever before, and it’s driving them nearly insane. At least one major book has made this argument, as have numerous ...

After eight hours at school, plus whatever extracurriculars they’ve got going on after school, your kid comes home, exhausted. They eat dinner and then: It’s right back to the grind as they tackle ...

For his first big take-home project,my kindergartner sealed half a banana, a handful of shredded cheese and a slice of bread into three separate baggies. Then he waited. Eventually, the banana turned ...

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 ...

Some of Northwest Arkansas' public school students last week had to wake up early, brush their hair and teeth, pack up the old (or maybe new) backpacks and walk through the schoolhouse doors to begin ...

The start of a new school year means the return to daily homework, an often dreaded task and the root of parent-student strife that leaves some parents of elementary school students wondering if it’s ...

The dog just ate all your excuses: A new study shows that homework may make students become better people. Kids who do their homework diligently tend to be more conscientious than their peers, ...

How much should parents help with kids' homework? In our discussion yesterday about which years are the easiest with kids, several parents said that middle school years were tough -- emotionally, and ...

Last weekend, the five of us gathered chairs around the small barbecue grill in the back yard and watched a year's worth of work go up in smoke. This is not the first time it has happened. At our ...