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 ...

With parents and kids juggling more sports, tutoring and extracurricular activities than ever, a Texas teacher believes there’s little time left for quality family time. So, she decided to take one ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

FRUITHURST, Ala. (WIAT) – A North Alabama elementary school won’t be sending students home with written work this year. Fruithurst Elementary School is swearing off the traditional homework, in favor ...

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 ...

Students at an elementary school in Montreal West are getting more time to be kids, as Elizabeth Ballantyne School has stopped giving them hours of homework to take home at the end of the day. Michael ...

I sometimes help my grade-school-age daughters with their homework. I don't feel guilty about it, because there are nights when our family simply has other priorities. Like when my kids are exhausted ...