Apr. 27—The National Education Association and the National Parent Teacher Association both largely support setting a homework limit for out of school assignments to 10 minutes per grade level, which ...

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

Some research questions the value of homework prior to high school. — -- More than 550 students at a Massachusetts elementary school will have less to carry home in their backpacks this year.

If you're a parent with kids in school, you may have noticed they might be getting less homework than they used to or maybe none at all. That's a relief for some families and dismaying to others. We ...

PENNINGTON — How much homework is the right amount for a middle school student? An hour a night? Two hours? And at what point do the burdens of pressure and time begin to outweigh the benefits?

High school teacher Phil Lyons has become a heretic: He refuses to assign homework. At Palo Alto's Gunn High School, where he teaches world history and advanced-placement economics, his no-homework ...