Parents in West Sacramento said they are shocked by a homework assignment that some said is overtly racist. The 20-exercise worksheet contains what could be considered derogatory statements about ...

Gaithersburg Elementary School has abolished homework. Instead, students are being asked to read a book for about 30 minutes a night, MyFoxDC.com. reports. When Stephanie Brant came aboard as ...

Many Seattle elementary schools are doing away with homework this fall, citing a growing body of evidence that take-home assignments tend not to help elementary and middle school students.

Just mentioning the word homework in Amy Foskey’s house has been known to spark arguments and tears. But that’s a thing of the past, at least for the Tucson mom’s fourth-grader, whose Marana school ...

Parents at a New York City elementary school are outraged by a decision to eliminate homework assignments and instead urge kids to play, DNAinfo.com reported. Teachers at P.S. 116 on East 33rd Street ...

Citing the lack of evidence that homework does much if anything to improve academic performance in elementary grades, a principal in Manhattan notified parents that there would be no more after-school ...

What schoolchild hasn't wished, hoped, and dreamed of not having to do homework? Well, kids who attend elementary school at Public School 116 in New York City may get a pardon. According to a report ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Talk about a kid's dream come true. Cherry Park Elementary in the David Douglas School District is deciding to try out a no homework policy. “I'm thrilled. My family's thrilled. We ...

Two and a half years ago, when my oldest child started kindergarten, I assumed that elementary school would bring a lot of changes for our family — a more structured weekday schedule, a larger social ...

School District of Marion County Superintendent Heidi Maier announced Wednesday that the district was eliminating traditional homework for elementary school students next school year. Maier, who was ...