“I can’t do this! I can’t do anything! This is stupid! I’m stupid. Everything is stupid, I quit!” Yikes. We’ve all witnessed these moments of utter frustration when kids feel daunted by an assignment, ...

On Jan. 16, I issued something of a spontaneous cry from the heart in opposition to stupid homework assignments that do nothing to advance children's learning and serve only to overwhelm them and ...

I'm not getting it. I'm not understanding the objections to schools chief Andre J. Hornsby's instructions that Prince George's County students should have homework on weekends. I say this as someone ...

How to kill any desire to learn: give children massive amounts of busywork disguised as homework. With No Child Left Behind, teachers are supposed to give kids homework every day, in second grade mind ...