Boys (and girls) creeping to school with satchels full of homework. Shakespeare knew about it, and boy, do our children know about it. And now, here's that Sir Michael Wilshaw bending his cane and ...

Reformers in the Progressive Era (from the 1890s to 1920s) depicted homework as a “sin” that deprived children of their playtime. Many critics voice similar concerns today. Yet there are many parents ...

If you want to start an argument among people who feel passionately about education, just lob the h-word into the conversation. How much homework should children do? Should they even do homework at ...

"I love homework" said no child, ever. Ok, maybe there are a couple of exceptions, like that brief period where a younger sibling strives to emulate their older sibling and actually hankers after a ...

Nothing quite stresses out students and parents about the beginning of the school year as the return to homework, which for many households means nightly battles centered around completing ...

Homework: a word that can cause despair not just in children, but also in parents and even teachers. And for primary school children at least, it may be that schools setting homework is more trouble ...

Going to school - means lessons, assembly, seeing your friends and - for a lot of you - time to do homework! While giving homework to pupils in secondary schools is generally seen as a good idea, some ...

School inspectors will no longer check whether schools are setting appropriate homework for pupils. According to The Times, Ofsted, the school inspectorate, will this week remove all references to ...

Chelsea was in 10th grade the first time I told her directly to stop doing her homework and get some sleep. I had been working with her since she was in middle school, treating her anxiety disorder.

Manuel took advantage of a wet weekend in Madrid to indulge in some quiet reading Brothers Martin and Manuel enjoyed the kind of weekend they like best, lounging around at home in Madrid. Their mother ...

Nothing quite stresses out students and parents about the beginning of the school year as the return to homework, which for many households means nightly battles centered around completing ...