The popular notion that students are overburdened with homework may be a myth. According to national research released earlier this month, the average daily time students in the United States spent on ...

When Victoria Correa, a junior at the Winchester High School, sat down to tackle her homework on a recent afternoon, she felt overwhelmed. She had five problems to complete for her pre-calculus class, ...

Fourth-grader Nicholas Sanchez gets home from school – and his homework race begins. "I have four pages of math, one page of spelling, a little bit more of math, and 20 minutes of reading,” he tells ...

Can giving less homework help produce better students? Kansas middle school math teacher Joel Wazac thinks so. Once known for giving heavy homework loads, Wazac reduced assignments this semester to ...