Homework should be abolished for primary school children because it is a waste of their time, teachers declared today. It damages relations between parents and children and causes tears and upset ...

One school has given pupils and parents a voice on homework policy, writes Kathy Donaghy Teresa Ward, principal of Scoil Naomh Brid in Muff, Co Donegal, says homework acts as an important link between ...

LEND A HAND. After a long day at school, the young ones need help with homework. Are you helping them with homework, writes ZUURAH KARUNGI. After a long day of learning, teachers test children basing ...

High school girls spend about an hour more per week on their homework than their male counterparts, researchers at American University have found. Their study, published last month in Educational ...

When I was younger, as soon I was old enough to hold a paintbrush, I used to do pictures every day. I used to lose myself in a sketch and explore different painting techniques. It's just what I did. I ...

Persuading children to do their homework has never been harder with the lure of smartphones, video games and social networks, but there are ways to avoid homework headaches. Noel Janis-Norton, child ...

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 ...

One of the big questions that weighs on parents' minds each year (and haunts their dreams at night) is just how much they should be pitching in at homework time. To some parents, there is really no ...