“There is no evidence that any amount of homework improves the academic performance of elementary students.” This statement, by homework research guru Harris Cooper, of Duke University, is startling ...

More than 550 students at a Massachusetts elementary school will have less to carry home in their backpacks this year.There will be no homework.Kelly Elementary School in Holyoke has banned homework ...

For many students, the transition from elementary school to junior high is difficult for a number of reasons. The pre-adolescent confusion begins to take shape, responsibilities grow and, for the ...