Students wait for a celebration of high test scores to begin at La Tijera Academy of Excellence in Inglewood on Wednesday. (Juliana Yamada / Los Angeles Times) Homework has long been a topic of debate ...

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

If you're a parent with kids in school, you may have noticed they might be getting less homework than they used to or maybe none at all. That's a relief for some families and dismaying to others. We ...

And let's shorten the school day while we're at it. That was our first (sarcastic) response to Galloway Township School Superintendent Annette Giaquinto's recommendation that homework should not be ...

Homework has long been a topic of debate, but in 2025 it is facing an existential crisis: Has artificial intelligence and its instant answers made it pointless or even counterproductive? Research ...