In an informal Education Week LinkedIn Poll earlier this year, 42% of respondents said they believe homework is necessary for ...

When you think back to your school days, or even if you’re still in school, you likely sat through numerous lectures, then went home and worked on math or science problems on your own. Now, some ...

NEW MILFORD, N.J. (CBSNewYork)-- Across the country, teachers have turned the education process upside-down, in a new teaching trend where lessons are taught at home and students complete their ...

Kromrey Middle School fifth-grade teacher Chris Conohan loves coming back to school when summer winds down. “I always look forward to the relationships with the students,” Conohan said. “It’s just so ...

The pandemic has given rise to an opportunity and a challenge: the need to explore new teaching and learning methods. A unique strategy for enquiry, application and assessment that my students and I ...

Cathy Vatterott is an associate professor of education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. A former middle school teacher and principal, Vatterott learned first-hand about homework struggles as ...

Brooklyn mom Liat Tamam (from left) sends daughters Rosa, 6, and Astrid, 3, to a no-homework school. Annie Wermiel For Liat Tamam, the daily, tearful battles over homework started soon after her ...

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"If you were to step into one of my classrooms, you'd think I was teaching a kindergarten class, not a physics class," laughs Harvard University (MA) professor Eric Mazur. "Not because the students ...

Remember when you forgot to bring your homework that one time and Mr. Jones from sixth grade wouldn't believe you didn't just slack off? If Google's new Classroom app existed back then, you could have ...