It’s not news that students hate homework. But, new research finds they may actually have very good reasons. In a study of 4,000 students at top high schools, kids reported that they were exhausted ...

So all that time you spent doing tedious homework assignments back in your school days was all for naught, according to a new study. Turns out, it probably didn’t help you get any smarter. In fact, it ...

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 ...

Parental concerns about ever-expanding homework assignments for their children may be misguided, according to new research suggesting that students' homework burdens have barely changed in 30 years.

As the debate over the need for homework continues, a new study found that it's the biggest cause of teen stress, leading to sleepless nights and poor academic performance Julie Mazziotta is the ...

For students at competitive high schools in upper middle-class areas, homework may be a double-edged sword. The authors of a study published in the peer-refereed Journal of Experimental Education ...

The only problem is that our intervening can quickly develop into nagging and even yelling, both of which seldom have the desired outcome. Parents want their children to learn and develop the ...

The optimal amount of homework for 13-year-old students is about an hour a day, a study published earlier this month in the Journal of Educational Psychology suggests. And spending too much time on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. Some schools are eliminating homework, citing research showing it ...

While homework horror stories of children drowning in worksheets and essays proliferate the media, a new study indicates that parents’ concerns about an increase in school assignments is actually ...