In elementary school, where we often assign overtime even to the youngest children, studies have shown there’s no academic ...

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) – Guess what, kids? No homework. Really. All year. A small but growing number of elementary schools and individual teachers are doing away with the after-school chore to ...

FRUITHURST, Ala. (WIAT) – A North Alabama elementary school won’t be sending students home with written work this year. Fruithurst Elementary School is swearing off the traditional homework, in favor ...

With parents and kids juggling more sports, tutoring and extracurricular activities than ever, a Texas teacher believes there’s little time left for quality family time. So, she decided to take one ...

HERRIMAN, Utah — Two elementary schools in Herriman have decided to get rid of homework this school year to see how it affects the students’ mental health. It wasn't a quick decision, the Butterfield ...

Promises of no homework are often accompanied with a plan for more sweets in every vending machine and a guarantee of two-ply in every stall. But in Marion County, the no-homework pledge is not just ...

A handful of Corpus Christi elementary schools are taking a new approach to homework to ease student stress and encourage family time. Starting this year, teachers at Barnes, Kolda and Dawson ...

GREEN BAY - After just 20 minutes of reading each night, Trinity Ruatti is finished with the only after-school task assigned by her fifth-grade teacher at Sunnyside Elementary. Like her teacher in ...

HERRIMAN, Utah — It's a growing trend across the nation: more elementary schools moving away from homework. Two elementary schools in Herriman — Butterfield Canyon and Bastian — have decided to get ...