A few days into the new semester this January, the LaSalle Parish school district in rural Louisiana made a pronouncement: There would be no more homework. None of the 2,500 students in this district ...

What parent does not want their child to thrive in school? Yet, in our eagerness to help during homework time, we can sometimes end up doing more harm than good. Managing homework can quickly turn ...

Homework was probably first assigned the first time a teacher was frustrated that students weren’t learning enough—and that's probably when civilization began. Since then, legions of kids have pleaded ...