The debate about the importance and relevance of homework has been going on for decades. There is a divide in the philosophies of schools and teachers: Some say homework is imperative for student ...

Ask any parent about homework and the response is inevitably a passionate one. The question of too much or too little almost always comes up. Tears, threats and fits of anger leave most parents ...

While giving homework to pupils in secondary schools is generally seen as a good idea, some don't think that kids in primary schools should have to do it. To play ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Kevin Longonop, 10, is being assisted by his mother Viola Longonop to finish homework at their home at Kambi Samaki in ...

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All essays and worksheets should be completed at school amid claims they put too much pressure on families’ limited time. Eleanor Updale, author of the award-winning Montmorency series of books, said ...

When Eva Bailen saw the stress that homework inflicted on one of her children, she decided to start a petition ByBBC Trending What's popular and why A mother in Spain has started a popular petition ...

Harris Cooper, professor of psychology at Duke, reviewed more than 60 studies regarding the amount of time a child might do homework to achieve the optimal results. In a paper, published in 2006, he ...

Homework is a subject where people often disagree. Many of you might think that you have too much homework - and now some celebrities are speaking out and saying that they agree. Last week we told you ...