As kids return to school, debate is heating up once again over how they should spend their time after they leave the classroom for the day. But the question of how much work children should be doing ...

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Here’s the thing about parenting: It’s all ever-evolving. You figure out a system or a routine or an approach that’s ...

Homework is a lot like Marmite among parents – they either love it or hate it. The matter of whether primary school children should be made to do it has been a matter of intense debate recently after ...

Anita and John have a bright child who, a couple of times a year, brings home a report that glows in all areas, bar one – homework. "For every subject she gets 'outstanding' and 'always' – then in ...

When I toured a public elementary school last spring, one question in particular seemed to make the principal squirm. Do the kindergartners get homework, I asked? Yes, he replied, explaining that it ...