This article is one of the winning submissions from the first annual New York Post Scholars Contest, presented by Command Education. My phone beeped with a text: “Can you come to the playoffs with me ...

Don’t get caught up in the insanity by making young children go home and practice test prep. It borders on educational malpractice. Educators can sometimes be their own worst enemies. For eleven ...

Going back to school is exciting, but terrifying. The rubber hits the road when homework and exams start. After a busy day, the last thing a child and parent want is a power struggle. Tears, fits, ...

Some schools are eliminating homework, citing research showing it doesn’t do much to boost achievement. But maybe teachers just need to assign a different kind of homework. In 2016, a second-grade ...

Researchers who looked at data from more than 18,000 10th-graders found there was little correlation between the time students spent doing homework and better grades in math and science courses. But, ...

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Heather Jefferson used to make sure her daughters did their homework perfectly — until it dawned on her that she was making the biggest mistake herself. “How would the teachers ever know where their ...

Going back to school is exciting, but terrifying. The rubber hits the road when homework and exams start. After a busy day, the last thing a child and parent want is a power struggle. Tears, fits, ...