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Rarely have I received reaction to a column as vigorous — and as negative — as the flood of emails from teachers appalled by my opposition to a plan in Arlington, Va., to strike down traditional ...

Homework has long been a tradition for elementary school students after spending the day at school. But Elmhurst Unit District 205 is in its second year for which district policy recommends that ...

A detailed study of college-level physics courses confirms students’ deepest fears: Homework really is important. Students who regularly copied problem sets earned lower grades and were three times as ...

As bad as the pandemic was for student learning, if some current education fads continue, the future could be worse. By now, almost everyone has seen reports about pandemic learning loss. A study ...

To the editor: The article focusing on Alhambra High School English teacher Joshua Moreno provided a much-needed look at how students are graded and what grades mean. As Moreno asserts, counting ...

Along the bumpy return to normalcy in our pandemic-battered schools, I see an interesting movement to ease grading and homework requirements. Many educators have been promoting such changes for years, ...

Lafayette students will need to pay closer attention to homework this upcoming school year after the Lafayette Parish School Board approved a change returning homework to the grading formula for sixth ...

Beginning in the fall of 2025, Pasco County teachers will have the option to grade homework. This reverses a policy established in 2022 stating that homework should not be graded. Superintendent John ...