A few days into the new semester this January, the LaSalle Parish school district in rural Louisiana made a pronouncement: There would be no more homework. None of the 2,500 students in this district ...

How to complete math homework has become a very confusing conversation around the dinner table in Maryland and it's because of a new math strategy tied to the Common Core standards.Howard County may ...

The modern education system is certainly interesting. When I was growing up, if you didn’t do an assignment, you didn’t receive credit for it. In other words, you got a zero. Similarly, if you failed ...

Homework has long been a tradition for elementary school students after spending the day at school. But Elmhurst Unit District 205 is in its second year for which district policy recommends that ...

Very few kids like homework, but some assignments are worse than others. We asked New Jersey students to tell us about the homework they can't stand, the ones that drive them nuts! I don't like math ...

An Iowa woman jokingly calls it "Satan's handiwork." A California mom says she's broken down in tears. A Pennsylvania parent says it "makes my blood boil." What could be so horrible? Grade-school math ...