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 ...

I have a child going into the first grade in Anchorage and I am worried about what is going to happen when he tangles with the school district's chosen math curriculum, Everyday Mathematics. I'm ...

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 ...

I had a teacher conference today and met with most of my daughter's instructors and discussed her progress with them. The math teacher (8th grade Algebra II) decided to skip the meeting because he had ...

The issue of assigning homework is controversial in terms of its purpose, what to assign, the amount of time needed to complete it, parental involvement, its actual affect on learning and achievement, ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- It's a topic that's constantly up for debate, and not just among academics -- but also parents, students and teachers. How much homework is too much? Good Question. "That's a hard ...

When it comes to adolescents with math and science homework, more isn't necessarily better -- an hour a day is optimal -- but doing it alone and regularly produces the biggest knowledge gain, ...

The optimal amount of homework for 13-year-old students is about an hour a day, a study published earlier this month in the Journal of Educational Psychology suggests. And spending too much time on ...

If the thought of calculating a tip at a restaurant makes you nervous, then you are not alone. Math anxiety is common worldwide. Math anxiety can lead to poor performance and also deter people from ...

WASHINGTON - When it comes to adolescents with math and science homework, more isn't necessarily better -- an hour a day is optimal -- but doing it alone and regularly produces the biggest knowledge ...