NEW MILFORD, N.J. (CBSNewYork)-- Across the country, teachers have turned the education process upside-down, in a new teaching trend where lessons are taught at home and students complete their ...

Kromrey Middle School fifth-grade teacher Chris Conohan loves coming back to school when summer winds down. “I always look forward to the relationships with the students,” Conohan said. “It’s just so ...

Homework is effective when classroom learning is transferred beyond the school walls. When teaching the concept of area, have students measure the area of a refrigerator shelf to determine what size ...

My son is in 4th grade.Currently he received about 45 minutes of homework a night including 20 minutes of required nightly reading that must be logged and signed by me. Last year he routinely received ...

What is the best approach teachers can take towards homework? I think the guest responses today, along with numerous reader comments, provide a great perspective on the topic. If you’d like to read ...

Some educators are placing a new focus on homework this year in an attempt to make sure children are on a level playing field. The concern is over teachers who reward or punish students based on ...

The pandemic has given rise to an opportunity and a challenge: the need to explore new teaching and learning methods. A unique strategy for enquiry, application and assessment that my students and I ...

Remember when you forgot to bring your homework that one time and Mr. Jones from sixth grade wouldn't believe you didn't just slack off? If Google's new Classroom app existed back then, you could have ...

Brooklyn mom Liat Tamam (from left) sends daughters Rosa, 6, and Astrid, 3, to a no-homework school. Annie Wermiel For Liat Tamam, the daily, tearful battles over homework started soon after her ...