Creating tasks with a focus on students’ autonomy—by providing choices, for example—helps them see the relevance of homework.

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According to a survey by Public Agenda, almost half of all parents of school-age students said they have arguments involving tears or yelling with their kids about homework. And one-third of parents ...

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. When schools ...

Senior Lecturer in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra A middle school student I know came home from school with the task to recreate a medieval fort out of cake. I expect the History ...

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Mistakes are bound to happen. When a mom innocently shared a photo of a small typo spotted on her 5-year-old’s homework ...

A first-grade child's English homework has left both her parents and the internet as a whole completely baffled. They found kids who did their homework diligently were more conscientious than their ...

One Redditor sparked nostalgia and frustration by asking if millennials got the short end of the stick with school homework. On the r/Millennials subreddit, Redditor u/Sketch_Crush posed a simple but ...