Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. By Harris Cooper A second-grade teacher in Texas recently rekindled the annual debate ...

The Atlantic recently published a collection of short perspective pieces on “The Homework Wars,” inspired by an article by parent Karl Taro Greenberg entitled “My Daughter’s Homework Is Killing Me.” ...

For his first big take-home project,my kindergartner sealed half a banana, a handful of shredded cheese and a slice of bread into three separate baggies. Then he waited. Eventually, the banana turned ...

What is the best approach teachers can take towards homework? I think the guest responses today, along with numerous reader comments, provide a great perspective on the topic. If you’d like to read ...

Senior Lecturer in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra A middle school student I know came home from school with the task to recreate a medieval fort out of cake. I expect the History ...

A second grade teacher's no-homework policy has gone viral, thanks to a student's mother posting about it on Facebook. Last week, mom Samantha Gallagher posted a note on Facebook from her daughter's ...

Second grade teacher Brandy Young gained national attention in 2016 when a note she wrote to her class parents was posted on social media. "There will be no formally assigned homework this year ...

Mom-of-four Amanda was looking through her daughter’s math homework when she came across the problem that had her baffled.