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 ...

Consider it my epiphany, the moment I began wondering if we’ve gone a little overboard in our effort to avoid academic mediocrity. I was at a forum for parents of prospective students at one of the ...

Students watch as their after-school assignments — an extension of the classroom — pile up. Day after day, children and teens spend up to eight hours in school, sharpening their learning abilities and ...

My column Saturday on the campaign by a San Marino mom to persuade school officials to cut back on “useless and ineffective” homework assignments uncorked a storm of bottled-up angst among readers, ...