Helping kids with homework is like spotting for a weightlifter at the gym. As the spotter, a parent’s job is to encourage the lifter to complete as many repetitions as possible independently and ...

Homework does not have to be a battleground filled with tears and tension. It can be made into a source of confidence, independence and meaningful learning. The most powerful homework help involves ...

More than one in ten primary school children are spending more than five hours on homework each week, according to a study. Research by home education provider Oxford Home Schooling revealed that a ...

As more students in high school take advanced classes and Common Core guidelines have made kindergarten an academic experience, many parents feel like their children have too much homework. So how ...

It is just a week into the school term and to some parents, I am certain you have already been consulted by your children to help them with their homework. In some schools the child is given homework ...

Different types of maternal homework assistance have a different impact on the child's way of completing school assignments in grades 2 to 4 of elementary school, according to a new study. Although ...

New research shows that some students are doing more than three hours of homework a night – and that all that school work may be literally making them sick. It may be tempting to dismiss this latest ...

The Ministry of Education and Sports has, in recent years, sought to implement stringent regulations to curb excessive school hours and homework practices. Ms Janet Kataha Museveni, the minister of ...

Children in school are naturally curious, and their brains are like sponges, soaking up information from their surroundings. Small amounts of homework can help students retain what they have learned ...