On the first day of school, teacher Maya Kruger announced to her sixth-graders at St. Anthony Middle School that her policy is to give them time to work on their assignments in class. Anything that ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Eighty-four percent of high school students use artificial intelligence for schoolwork, forcing educators to ...

Source: Flickr Creative Commons/Alberto G. With the school in full swing for so many youth, I wanted to share some comments that students across the nation have shared in response to my blogs on ...

When a student turns in a writing assignment done at home and it’s clear parts of the finished piece don’t represent the kind of work the student usually does in the classroom, should the teacher ...

An EdWeek Research Center survey finds that educators see homework as building students' knowledge—and responsibility.

It’s the start of a new school year, the honeymoon phase is slowly beginning to fade, and the rigor of academics is taking off. Every year, I begin the new school year with a mountain-high amount of ...

Homework has been a source of contention since it was first assigned in U.S. public schools in the 1800s. By 1900, it had become so unpopular in some circles that an editorial by Edward Bok, the ...

When school is in session, students will spend the bulk of their downtime squeezing in their homework, and all of their extracurriculars. It's been reported that high school students get an average of ...

Sleep deprivation is an epidemic here on campus. However, the bigger issue is how excessively homework is assigned. It seems that every semester, at least one of my classes is weeks behind the ...