University of Stirling provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. At the beginning of this school year, it wasn’t just children who were grumbling about homework. A despairing comment on ...

Creating tasks with a focus on students’ autonomy—by providing choices, for example—helps them see the relevance of homework.

When you think back to your school days, or even if you’re still in school, you likely sat through numerous lectures, then went home and worked on math or science problems on your own. Now, some ...

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Cathy Vatterott is an associate professor of education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. A former middle school teacher and principal, Vatterott learned first-hand about homework struggles as ...

What is the best approach teachers can take towards homework? I think the guest responses today, along with numerous reader comments, provide a great perspective on the topic. If you’d like to read ...

One of the best things about being an adult is we don’t have to do homework. Ed-tech startup Slader released a mobile app today to make homework a less painful part of students’ lives. Slader is an ...

According to the Australian newspaper The Age, homework resentment might have reached its peak in 1887, when "a Texas student about to be whipped for refusing to do homework brought out a butcher's ...

Schools across the country are debating whether or not homework is beneficial for young students. It’s a topic that can divide parents and teachers. However, what if your child’s homework is actually ...