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 ...

“To teach well, you should pay careful attention to what an assignment will make students think about,” Willingham advises, “because that is what they will remember.” It’s a sentence that has made me ...

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

Ask any student how they feel about homework, and you’ll probably get a sigh. For generations, homework has been treated as ...

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

Efforts to use the tech to customize lessons to students' individual interest demonstrate its potential—and the shortcomings.

Motley Fool Co-Founder David Gardner is joined by superstar guests Bill Burke and Mahan Tavakoli as they each share three ...

The average K-12 teacher works 49 hours a week. About a quarter of that time is uncompensated. Most teachers I know didn’t ...

To recognize Teacher Appreciation Week, May 4-8, journalists from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and USA Today Co. shadowed ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

Mastrobuoni (calf) went 0-for-2 with a pair of walks in his first rehab game with Triple-A Tacoma on Wednesday. Mastrobuoni has finally been cleared for games after suffering a right calf strain ...