Now that the lazy hazy days are waning, parenting blogs are getting back to the great homework debate. It's a perennial issue – how much is too much? In response to complaints from parents about ...

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

One second-grade teacher in Texas wrote a letter to parents to announce she is getting rid of homework for her young students. It has since gone viral. Homework—is it useful for second-graders, or is ...