Parents in West Sacramento said they are shocked by a homework assignment that some said is overtly racist. The 20-exercise worksheet contains what could be considered derogatory statements about ...

Many Seattle elementary schools are doing away with homework this fall, citing a growing body of evidence that take-home assignments tend not to help elementary and middle school students.

Just mentioning the word homework in Amy Foskey’s house has been known to spark arguments and tears. But that’s a thing of the past, at least for the Tucson mom’s fourth-grader, whose Marana school ...

The no-homework movement is growing in Seattle. A letter went home to parents at Whittier Elementary notifying them of the new school-wide "no homework" policy. And Whittier is not alone. At least a ...

When I toured a public elementary school last spring, one question in particular seemed to make the principal squirm. Do the kindergartners get homework, I asked? Yes, he replied, explaining that it ...