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 ...

A Lakota school teacher has “flipped” her classroom and now is turning up more success among her sixth-grade students. The technique, which is has been tried in some schools nationally but is new for ...

Lafayette students will need to pay closer attention to homework this upcoming school year after the Lafayette Parish School Board approved a change returning homework to the grading formula for sixth ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A controversial sixth-grade homework assignment on sexuality has some parents pushing back against the DeKalb County School District. It is still unclear if this sixth-grade ...

Q: My son just started sixth grade and already has been overwhelmed with schoolwork. It has become too much for him and he is becoming very stressed by it. I started to help him with his homework, but ...

As their assignments become more complicated, you might start to feel that your child's math homework is outpacing your comfort level. Continue to review math materials with him before class and ...

I had a teacher conference today and met with most of my daughter's instructors and discussed her progress with them. The math teacher (8th grade Algebra II) decided to skip the meeting because he had ...

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. The no-homework policy of a second-grade teacher in Texas ...

Q: My kid (just started third grade) is going through a phase of just not wanting to do his homework. In previous school years, there was less work, and he considered most of it fun, so it wasn't ...

U.S. 4th grade teachers assign less math homework than their colleagues in other nations but their students get more help with it. These are among the findings of a preliminary research study ...

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