For most children, mandatory homework assignments push their workweek far beyond the school day and deep into what any other ...

More parents are now rejecting the assignments, concentrating more on their businesses, as the economy bites harder.

When Vanity Fair reported Kim Kardashian’s comments that she “doesn’t believe in homework” and “kids are already in school eight hours a day,” she voiced a concern many families recognize: When the ...

The necessity of homework has been a subject of debate since at least as far back as the 1890s, according to Joyce L. Epstein, co-director of the Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships ...