Chelsea was in 10th grade the first time I told her directly to stop doing her homework and get some sleep. I had been working with her since she was in middle school, treating her anxiety disorder.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whenever “Gina,” a fifth grader at a suburban public school on the East Coast, did her math homework, she never had to worry about ...

From kindergartners to college students, they would all tell you the same thing: we need less homework. Met by the rolling eyes of teachers and parents, the call to less or no homework at all is often ...

Educators on social media appear deeply divided over the utility of homework. Many question whether the assignments still serve a clear academic purpose in a post-pandemic landscape, while others ...