Giving students multiple items of homework every day or even every week continues to put more and more stress on them and most of us already have a very busy schedule so we have little time for extras ...

To the editor: Researcher Joyce L. Epstein of Johns Hopkins School of Education points out that students do not need more homework, but do need better homework (“Homework faces an existential crisis.

"I haven't become calloused," Barack Obama says, "and I would like to think that these letters have something to do with that" Every evening during his time in the White House, Barack Obama read 10 ...

Sir, – If there is no homework for students (Letters, May 4th), can teachers also be let off prep and corrections, most often done in the evening or weekend as the school day is too busy to get near ...

Your Saturday editorial, “Homework under attack,” misses an important fact: There is consistent evidence showing that homework doesn’t work. Based on his review of the research, author Alfie Kohn ...

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Teachers Mark and Kristen Bishop say homework should compliment classroom activities Does homework put added pressure on children and put them off learning? Mark: Why don’t we allow children to ...

Sir, – I regret that Mary Mhic Suibhe’s request for Glenroe to be repeated (Letters, February 9th) may be too late if President Michael D Higgins gets his way on the abolition of homework. Glenroe’s ...