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

Sleep deprivation is an epidemic here on campus. However, the bigger issue is how excessively homework is assigned. It seems that every semester, at least one of my classes is weeks behind the ...

How much homework students should get has long been a source of debate among parents and educators. In recent years, some districts have even implemented no-homework policies, as students juggle ...

I have written in the past about my hatred of homework from the perspective of both a teacher and a parent, so when I heard about a teacher who had ditched the practice of assigning homework ...

Some schools are eliminating homework, citing research showing it doesn’t do much to boost achievement. But maybe teachers just need to assign a different kind of homework. In 2016, a second-grade ...