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 ...

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 ...

Homework is one of those hot-button topics that never fails to set off a wide range of responses when people are asked about its value. From ardent backers of the age-old practice to absolute ...

Junior high students at the Marya Yates School in Matteson simply had too many crushes to attend to, Web sites to surf, and television shows to watch in order to sit diligently at their kitchen tables ...

I am a parent, and I struggle daily with making sure my daughter does her homework. I can certainly identify with the anxiety Karl Taro Greenfeld describes in his essay “My Daughter’s Homework Is ...

The word homework doesn’t just elicit groans from students. Many veteran educators aren’t fans of it either. Barbara Tollison, a high school English teacher with nearly four decades in the classroom, ...

This is the third installment in our series about school in a perfect world. Read previous entries on calendars and content. We asked prominent voices in education—from policy makers and teachers to ...