Although the homework wars of past years seems to have subsided, the debate continues over whether kids benefit from after-school assignments. Parents are divided on the value of homework. Some ...

As kids return to school, debate is heating up once again over how they should spend their time after they leave the classroom for the day. The no-homework policy of a second-grade teacher in Texas ...

On the first day of school, teacher Maya Kruger announced to her sixth-graders at St. Anthony Middle School that her policy is to give them time to work on their assignments in class. Anything that ...

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) involves practicing new skills and strategies that have been designed to help you reduce your anxiety or anxiety-related problems. When you engage in the CBT process ...

Yes, parents may be celebrating the return to school and the end of summer stress. But they may also be dreading the return of homework and the arguments, cajoling, and bribing that often comes with ...

The debate over homework rages on. In response to an Opinion essay by a teacher titled “What Do You Mean My Kid Doesn’t Have Homework? ”, many Facebook users took to the comments section to voice ...

And I thought Miley Cyrus’ performance at the VMAs generated a ton of opinions. Ask parents how they feel about homework, as we did on CNN’s Facebook page, and the response is immediate and intense.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story originally was published in September 2014. With the new school year underway, the topic of homework again is being discussed. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ At the two-hour mark, frustration ...

Editor’s Note: Etta Kralovec is associate professor of teacher education and director of graduate teacher education at the University of Arizona South. She is the author of “The End of Homework,” ...

Senior Lecturer in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra A middle school student I know came home from school with the task to recreate a medieval fort out of cake. I expect the History ...