San Francisco school officials took a sudden U-turn Wednesday on an initiative that would have let students skip homework, ...

And you're left wondering: Is all this homework really necessary? For an increasing number of educators in New Jersey and nationwide, the answer is no. In recent years, Woodbridge Township ...

Brooklyn mom Liat Tamam (from left) sends daughters Rosa, 6, and Astrid, 3, to a no-homework school. Annie Wermiel For Liat Tamam, the daily, tearful battles over homework started soon after her ...

“Homework will only consist of work that your student did not finish during the school day. There will be no formally assigned homework this year.” At least one parent loved the idea. Samantha ...

The no-homework policy of a second-grade teacher in Texas went viral last week, earning praise from parents across the country who lament the heavy workload often assigned to young students.

“There’s no positive academic benefit at that level from doing homework,” said Mary Henderson, District 205’s associate superintendent for learning and leadership development ...

Fed up with the tension over homework, some schools are opting out altogether. No-homework policies are popping up all over, including schools in the U.S., where the shift to the Common Core ...

They virtually eliminated homework. Homework used to account for ... a small sampling of students on a recent afternoon found no one opposed to the school’s approach. Sydney Holt, 14, said ...

no agenda; just parents and children hanging out. There’s been a lot of research and debate on the academic value of homework for school-aged children. The results, although somewhat mixed ...