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 ...

So all that time you spent doing tedious homework assignments back in your school days was all for naught, according to a new study. Turns out, it probably didn’t help you get any smarter. In fact, it ...

Learning how to buckle down and do the work takes intentional action. Distractions, teen life, and life, in general, can make it difficult to keep up with a school workload. Experts in education ...

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70 percent of surveyed parents said that it's harder for them to solve their kid's math homework today More than half of American parents feel hopeless when trying to help their kid with homework, ...

WASHINGTON — How much homework is too much? A research team at Stanford University surveyed 4,317 students from 10 of the top high schools in California to try to answer the question. These students ...

Every study space needs a few essentials: a clean, flat surface; comfortable seating; good lighting; and easy access to supplies. That could be a desk in the bedroom, a kitchen table with a homework ...

Part of the “homework problem” is related to course selection. It is easy to have too much work if you are taking too many / too hard courses. Our younger child doesn’t want the load our older one ...

Creating the perfect homework station isn’t just about finding a desk and chair — it’s about designing a space that actually ...

The optimal amount of homework for 13-year-old students is about an hour a day, a study published earlier this month in the Journal of Educational Psychology suggests. And spending too much time on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. Some schools are eliminating homework, citing research showing it ...

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 ...