Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. By Harris Cooper A second-grade teacher in Texas recently rekindled the annual debate ...

Educators on social media appear deeply divided over the utility of homework. Many question whether the assignments still serve a clear academic purpose in a post-pandemic landscape, while others ...

Homework is one of those hot-button topics that never fails to set off a wide range of responses when people are asked about its value. From ardent backers of the age-old practice to absolute ...

Denise Cote moved from table to table in her math class last week at Stonebridge Elementary in Stillwater, helping her fifth-graders work through word problems to learn multiplication and division.

Dr. Bob Wilmott is chief of pediatrics at Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center. "Homework" is a pretty unpopular word. Few parents look back fondly on nights spent doing homework as children, ...