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

From kindergartners to college students, they would all tell you the same thing: we need less homework. Met by the rolling eyes of teachers and parents, the call to less or no homework at all is often ...

There is no law governing homework in Northern Ireland, so every school must devise their own policy and share it with parents. The department’s guidance is that homework should not be stressful and ...

I have attended 45 back-to-school nights over the last 40 years. They tend to follow a pattern. But this school year, I witnessed an exchange between a parent and a teacher like nothing I had seen ...