Creating tasks with a focus on students’ autonomy—by providing choices, for example—helps them see the relevance of homework.

Homework used to be a means of practicing what we’d learned. These days, it's the primary instruction method. Somewhere along the line, teachers stopped teaching full lessons in class and started ...

Ready or not, here it comes — homework! Regardless of their age, our children, teens, and young adults will need to get through their assignments. It’s a skill, actually, a strategic skill that ...

The right setup turns after-school chaos into focused, low-stress study time. Try these small changes to your space and ...

Grant Frost is a teacher of 30-plus years who has been writing about educational issues for more than a decade. More of his ...