Although the homework wars of past years seems to have subsided, the debate continues over whether kids benefit from after-school assignments. Parents are divided on the value of homework. Some ...

Elise Dunn, a fifth-grader at Milton’s Collicot Elementary School, had been home for 15 minutes, but she was already back in school mode. Almost as soon as she walked through the door, she downed a ...

In recent years, homework has become a very hot topic. Many parents and educators have raised concerns about homework and questioned how effective it is in enhancing students’ learning. There are also ...

The decision to enter into any sort of mental health treatment is never easy. When I went back to therapy over a year ago, I went at the encouragement of friends who noticed I wasn’t acting like ...

Speaking to Irish broadcaster RTE, Michael D. Higgins said school work should be “finished at the school” rather than at home, “an utterance likely to be seized upon by children for years to come in ...

Just mentioning the word homework in Amy Foskey’s house has been been known to spark arguments and tears. But that’s a thing of the past, at least for the Tucson mom’s fourth-grader who attends a ...