With a new academic year rolling around, students of all ages will be looking for help and guidance with their work—and there are a wealth of options on mobile app stores and the web to help you ...

A recent study on homework has been receiving a lot of attention this back-to-school season despite possibly unreliable findings. An August 12 CNN headline proclaimed that students spend too much time ...

The study, published in The American Journal of Family Therapy, explored issues of homework and family stress by surveying nearly 1,200 parents. What came to light is this: Children in kindergarten, ...

Researchers at Maynooth University's Hamilton Institute and Department of Mathematics and Statistics in Ireland have unveiled significant findings on the role of homework in student achievement. The ...

For students at competitive high schools in upper middle-class areas, homework may be a double-edged sword. The authors of a study published in the peer-refereed Journal of Experimental Education ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Gold writes about wellness design and related housing topics. Millions of American children and teens are heading back to ...

Parental help with homework has no significant impact on children's academic achievement in elementary school, according to Penn State College of Education researchers. Bodovski is lead author of a ...

In a new study, the Center for American Progress delves into the quality of American homework assignments and finds a lot of them don't demand much from students besides basic skills. The study ...

It’s not news that students hate homework. But, new research finds they may actually have very good reasons. In a study of 4,000 students at top high schools, kids reported that they were exhausted ...

Boys who play video games on school days spend 30 percent less time reading, and girls spend 34 percent less time doing homework than those who do not play such games, U.S. researchers said Monday.