Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Texas teacher Richelle Terry says she will not be assigning students math homework this year so they have more time to spend with ...

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 ...

Who invented homework and when did children start doing it? Explore the fascinating history of homework, its origins, how it ...

Homework hasn't changed much in the past few decades. Most children are still sent home with about an hour's worth of homework each day, mostly practicing what they were taught in class. If we look ...

Summer vacation's over, and your child probably feels just like you do -- not quite ready for all that schoolwork yet! You can both ease back into the homework routine with these tips from Deborah ...

What schoolchild hasn't wished, hoped, and dreamed of not having to do homework? Well, kids who attend elementary school at Public School 116 in New York City may get a pardon. According to a report ...

A New York City elementary school's decision to ban homework in favour of play has infuriated some parents. Many people seem to believe that working on assignments after school is an essential part of ...

Citing the lack of evidence that homework does much if anything to improve academic performance in elementary grades, a principal in Manhattan notified parents that there would be no more after-school ...