A new survey conducted by the EdWeek Research Center suggests that the amount of out-of-school coursework assigned to students has fallen, in many cases because students refuse to do it, or because ...

Students wait for a celebration of high test scores to begin at La Tijera Academy of Excellence in Inglewood on Wednesday. (Juliana Yamada / Los Angeles Times) Homework has long been a topic of debate ...

Kevin Longonop, 10, is being assisted by his mother Viola Longonop to finish homework at their home at Kambi Samaki in Baringo County in June this year. [File, Standard] What, exactly, is the place of ...

Some school districts in New Jersey are now doing away with homework at the elementary level, but most Americans continue to believe that homework is an essential learning tool. A new Rasmussen ...

Backpack bulging, worksheets galore, read this, study that . . . all after seven hours in school already. HOMEWORK. If you think kids are the only ones who disagree with teachers about the need for ...

From kindergartners to college students, they would all tell you the same thing: we need less homework. Met by the rolling eyes of teachers and parents, the call to less or no homework at all is often ...

The word itself conjures up images of massive books piled high on desks. Students with frazzled looks, pencils teetering behind their ears, frantically scratching their heads for that right sentence ...

Homework has long been a topic of debate, but in 2025 it is facing an existential crisis: Has artificial intelligence and its instant answers made it pointless or even counterproductive? Research ...