Homework has long been a tradition for elementary school students after spending the day at school. But Elmhurst Unit District 205 is in its second year for which district policy recommends that ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY — Starting Monday, teachers like Beth McPhee will test the old adage that less is more. "You could potentially have less homework, but it's more individualized homework," McPhee, a ...

BENTONVILLE -- The Bentonville School District is reintroducing some parents to the homework equation. Parents of elementary and middle school-age children can expect more paper homework assignments ...

Guess what, kids? No homework. Really. All year. A small but growing number of elementary schools and individual teachers are doing away with the after-school chore to allow kids more time to play, ...

With parents and kids juggling more sports, tutoring and extracurricular activities than ever, a Texas teacher believes there’s little time left for quality family time. So, she decided to take one ...

Fairfax County Public Schools has updated its homework guidelines for elementary schoolers, a shift away from the optional homework policy that some parents said had become the norm. During ...

Elise Dunn, a fifth-grader at Milton’s Collicot Elementary School, had been home for 15 minutes, but she was already back in school mode. Almost as soon as she walked through the door, she downed a ...