Creating tasks with a focus on students’ autonomy—by providing choices, for example—helps them see the relevance of homework.
Mistakes are bound to happen. When a mom innocently shared a photo of a small typo spotted on her 5-year-old’s homework ...
Most every family has some form of the homework wars.Kids who are bored by it, or just hate doing it. Parents who think their kids get too much of it, and those who argue there’s not enough. Kids who ...
While a simple school worksheet may seem innocent enough, one parent decided to rewrite the assignment, changing the narrative from a negative experience of a mother returning to work to a positive ...
A seemingly innocent year-one homework question has stumped an entire community of parents online. It all went down in a Facebook group, where a mom shared her 6-year ...
Hey, let's face it! The way we work has been turned upside down, shaken, stirred and then some. Cubicles, those nine-to-five work schedules, and location-dependence? Pfft, those are so yesterday!
The majority of teachers polled felt the job is stressful, overwhelming, and, at times, incompatible with healthy work-life ...
I’m an outspoken anti-homework Mama, solidly on record against homework for young children. I’ve written about it here and here and even participated in a radio panel about it. Last year, my ...