In Jeff Simon’s math class at Sage Creek High School in Carlsbad, California, students are not only allowed but encouraged to ...

I'd always viewed school as an opportunity to instill a love of learning, and I felt like public school was too stressful for kids because of all the pressure around grades, homework, and tests.

From elementary to high school, I was a diligent student who put grades and homework above all else. In high school, the main ...

"We let him work on it a bit before we recognized his deep breaths as he was getting stressed and starting to tear up," Patrick and Kitty told Newsweek.

One father was left completely stumped and questioning his own intelligence after struggling to help his first grader finish ...

That paved the way for the elimination of homework altogether. Some teachers note that because they don't need to mark and grade homework, they have more time to prepare lessons and interact with ...

The focus of our education system often places tangible results above all else. What letter grade can a student get? What is ...

“Homework is optional ... For Gallacher, parenting isn’t all about making sure her children get the grade. “There’s more to life than just doing well in school,” she said.

Students have reported that homework is their primary source of stress, and as many people know, stress can lead to health issues like headaches, stomach problems and sleep deprivation. Students may ...

All Norwegian school children are assessed twice a year on their sense of ‘personal order and social behaviour’.

Although the homework wars of past years seems to have ... and science achievement of students in fourth and eighth grades across around 70 participating countries, including the United States.

Teachers will no longer give required homework to children in the first to third grades. While homework is now optional for students in grades four to eight and doesn’t count towards a grade.