The point of 'home learning' is to make after-school assignments more limited and more purposeful. Students should know why they have an assignment.

Helping with homework doesn’t mean having all the answers. It means being a cheerleader, a sounding board and a safe place to ...

WAUWATOSA, Wis. — Administrators at a Lutheran school here apologized Wednesday for a fourth-grade homework assignment that asked pupils to write "3 'good' reasons for slavery and 3 bad reasons ...

In a recent study, the Center for American Progress delved into the quality of American homework assignments and found a lot of them don’t demand much from students besides basic skills.

Williamson County Schools apologized for a middle school homework assignment that asked students to pretend their families owned slaves.

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 ...

A Texas charter school is apologizing after a teacher gave an assignment to an eighth grade American History class, asking students to list the positive aspects of slavery.