WORCESTER — A parent group is pushing for changes to the way Worcester Public School educators assign students homework including having a day in which no homework is assigned at all.

Research shows homework offers little to no academic benefit for elementary school ... helped her 10-year-old daughter, Giada, work on math worksheets at the dining room table in their home in ...

As other schools across the country are adopting similar no-homework policies, not all parents are enthused. The New York Times reported that when a school in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood ...

The no homework movement is growing in Seattle. A letter went home to parents at Whittier Elementary notifying them of the new school-wide "no homework" policy. And Whittier is not alone. At least ...

No homework. It’s two words students love hearing. Christopher DeLeon, a fifth-grader at Farley Elementary School, ... Math worksheets are usually what break me down. ...

Others, such as Acacia, no longer give kids traditional homework packets filled with math worksheets and spelling lists. Instead, they're asking children to spend their time after school pursuing ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Now that a number of New York City elementary school students no longer have homework, how do their parents feel about all their free time? As CBS2's Elise Finch reports ...

Parents of Marion County’s 20,000 elementary school students will no longer have to badger their young children to do those worksheets, spelling words and math problems. That’s because ...

No, Kids Don’t Have More Homework Than They Did 30 Years Ago. 2 minute read. Getty Images. ... W hile homework horror stories of children drowning in worksheets and essays proliferate the media, ...

No homework policies divide parents. By Kyle Spencer The New York Times; Apr 30, 2017 ... Rather than filling out worksheets, students were encouraged to read nightly, ...

The no-homework movement is growing in Knoxville. ... He says the best alternative to homework is reading, something he says has a more positive effect on achievement than worksheets.

What if there was no homework for the entire school year? A Texas teacher wrote a letter to parents of her second grade class telling them just that. Brandy Young of Godley Elementary School, in ...