Homework may be the greatest extinguisher of curiosity ever invented - Alfie Kohen, author of The Homework Myth Sweeping our country is a new trend, which I love: No homework! Many parents are singing ...

Rob Manning / OPB What a difference a few months can make. Last spring, OPB visited Cherry Park Elementary School, where 3rd grade teacher Anne O’Brien, gave two reasons for assigning weekly, written ...

Homework has long been a tradition for elementary school students after spending the day at school. But Elmhurst Unit District 205 is in its second year for which district policy recommends that ...

Seven-year-old Henry Ardito, a first-grader at Little Harbour School in Portsmouth, doesn't mince words when it comes to homework. "I hate homework. I wish homework didn't exist," he said. "It takes ...

Over the last decade, Japanese schools have been scrapping homework while American elementary schools have been assigning more of it. What gives—aren’t they supposed to be the model achievers while we ...

“PDF"—play, downtime, and family time—has replaced homework for kindergartners, 1st graders, and 2nd graders at one Chicago elementary school, according to the Sun Times. Calling it a “grand ...

More than 550 students at a Massachusetts elementary school will have less to carry home in their backpacks this year.There will be no homework.Kelly Elementary School in Holyoke has banned homework ...

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — As far as kindergartners go, 5-year-old Addrien is your typical elementary school student. He likes coloring. He likes math. And he even likes his homework. But ask parents in ...