REDMOND, Wash., June 24, 2002 — Although most students are hanging up their book bags for the summer, parents and teachers are heating up plans for next year. Today at the annual National PTA ...

Educators on social media appear deeply divided over the utility of homework. Many question whether the assignments still serve a clear academic purpose in a post-pandemic landscape, while others ...

With three children in various stages of their education, we’ve had plenty of good discussions inspired by what they were studying. In the past few months, the work my daughters and son have brought ...

This is the third installment in our series about school in a perfect world. Read previous entries on calendars and content. We asked prominent voices in education—from policy makers and teachers to ...

Nearly six decades ago, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, and for a generation of American children school nights would never be the same. Many school systems had dropped homework in the 1940s, but ...