A few days into the new semester this January, the LaSalle Parish school district in rural Louisiana made a pronouncement: There would be no more homework. None of the 2,500 students in this district ...

Some experts worry that less homework could be a problem for math achievement, at a time when test scores nationwide are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Failure to complete homework leaves students in the lurch. MoMorad via Getty Images Whenever “Gina,” a fifth grader at a suburban ...

The modern education system is certainly interesting. When I was growing up, if you didn’t do an assignment, you didn’t receive credit for it. In other words, you got a zero. Similarly, if you failed ...

The issue of assigning homework is controversial in terms of its purpose, what to assign, the amount of time needed to complete it, parental involvement, its actual affect on learning and achievement, ...