“There is no evidence that any amount of homework improves the academic performance of elementary students.” This statement, by homework research guru Harris Cooper, of Duke University, is startling ...

Over the last decade, Japanese schools have been scrapping homework while American elementary schools have been assigning more of it. What gives—aren’t they supposed to be the model achievers while we ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Homework is part of the nightly routine for Eastern High School junior Morgan White. She said she averages three-to-five hours of work on a typical night, and weekends can ...