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, ...

Little girls seated at their desk, education, child in a classroom, reading and writing lesson, primary school on Dec. 19, 2006. As kids return to school, debate is heating up once again over how they ...

In 2013, President Obama launched the ConnectED initiative with the goal of connecting 99 percent of K-12 students in America with access to broadband Internet in the classroom by the year 2018. Since ...

“There is no evidence that any amount of homework improves the academic performance of elementary students.” This statement, by homework research guru Harris Cooper, of Duke University, is startling ...

There are so many reasons why children may need homework help. Sometimes a child simply does not understand the assignment or the lessons. In other cases, the kid simply misses work because of not ...

Newly-crowned Rose of Tralee, Elysha Brennan, was on official duty at Lee Strand's Tralee headquarters this week where she helped launch the hugely popular Lee Strand Homework Journal. Once again this ...

IS IT a bore for the kids, another layer of labour for frazzled mums — or a crucial route to academic success? Children’s homework and the time it takes are problems for parents — homework is ...