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

When you think back to your school days, or even if you’re still in school, you likely sat through numerous lectures, then went home and worked on math or science problems on your own. Now, some ...

Cathy Vatterott is an associate professor of education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. A former middle school teacher and principal, Vatterott learned first-hand about homework struggles as ...

NEW MILFORD, N.J. (CBSNewYork)-- Across the country, teachers have turned the education process upside-down, in a new teaching trend where lessons are taught at home and students complete their ...

Homework has been tied to school for as long as most of us can remember. Ask any student what school is like, and you'll hear about tests, teachers and homework. But with the way learning shifted ...

Kromrey Middle School fifth-grade teacher Chris Conohan loves coming back to school when summer winds down. “I always look forward to the relationships with the students,” Conohan said. “It’s just so ...

Remember when you forgot to bring your homework that one time and Mr. Jones from sixth grade wouldn't believe you didn't just slack off? If Google's new Classroom app existed back then, you could have ...

Some schools are eliminating homework, citing research showing it doesn’t do much to boost achievement. But maybe teachers just need to assign a different kind of homework. In 2016, a second-grade ...

Some research questions the value of homework prior to high school. — -- More than 550 students at a Massachusetts elementary school will have less to carry home in their backpacks this year.