Learning how to buckle down and do the work takes intentional action. Distractions, teen life, and life, in general, can make it difficult to keep up with a school workload. Experts in education ...

Clarification: This story has updated to give a more precise estimate of the portion of teachers who say they do not assign homework at all. Questions over how much homework schools should assign are ...

I think there are more meaningful ways to spend the after school hours. I typically tell teachers that our family won't be completing homework. Sometimes, my fourth grader still wants to do the ...