At the same time, students fear that using the technology to help with assignments will hinder their critical thinking skills ...

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 ...

Structural changes may be needed at schools to keep students from falling behind.

Some educators are placing a new focus on homework this year in an attempt to make sure children are on a level playing field. The concern is over teachers who reward or punish students based on ...

Homework is effective when classroom learning is transferred beyond the school walls. When teaching the concept of area, have students measure the area of a refrigerator shelf to determine what size ...

ANACORTES — The kids in Cody Anderson’s AP Chemistry class at Anacortes High School rarely do their homework at home. It’s not that they’re “bad students.” It’s that in Anderson’s class, what’s ...

A New Jersey school's "flipped classroom" approach in which students do homework in class during the day and watch lectures online at night appears to be having success, teachers say. "They can ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Collage of children doing homework with their mothers, some children appear stressed. Homework: the nightly battlefield where ...

Students in a second-grade class in Texas are catching a break on homework. They won’t get any – all year long. Brandy Young, a teacher in the Godley Independent School District, sent home a letter to ...