Cyberattack blocks South Florida students from homework and testing tool

"ShinyHunters has breached Instructure (again)." ...
The Hechinger Report on MSN

Kids and parents dislike math homework, so teachers are scrapping it. Will students be better off?

A few days into the new semester this January, the LaSalle Parish school district in rural Louisiana made a pronouncement: There would be no more homework. None of the 2,500 students in this district ...
WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Should schools get rid of homework? Some educators are saying yes

Some experts worry that less homework could be a problem for math achievement, at a time when test scores nationwide are already at a dismal low.
Education Week

Do Students Have Too Much Homework? What Educators Have to Say

Homework is as American as, well, mom and apple pie. It’s a concept that has spanned generations (and likely maintained its unpopularity with each new generation of students who take it on). While ...
Education Week

Should Students Have to Do Homework? Here’s What Teachers Really Think

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 ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: Want students to get more out of homework? Have them help design it

To the editor: Researcher Joyce L. Epstein of Johns Hopkins School of Education points out that students do not need more homework, but do need better homework (“Homework faces an existential crisis.
FOX5 Las Vegas

No homework for CCSD students; budget issues causing teachers to cut back

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - No homework for the rest of the year could mean good news for students, but parents are worried this could affect their student’s learning. Some who spoke with FOX5 are ...