More than 550 students at a Massachusetts elementary school will have less to carry home in their backpacks this year.There will be no homework.Kelly Elementary School in Holyoke has banned homework ...

Melissa Catalano, of Long Beach, offered qualified support for the no-homework plan. "I've seen children who've had to do an hour-and-a-half in elementary school, and it makes them feel defeated about ...

“There is no evidence that any amount of homework improves the academic performance of elementary students.” This statement, by homework research guru Harris Cooper, of Duke University, is startling ...

A growing number of schools and individual teachers are limiting or eliminating homework for elementary school students. The Orchard School, an elementary school in South Burlington, Vermont, ...

Several readers commented on my suggestion in the Aug. 5 Washington Post Magazine that we abolish regular homework for elementary school students and instead have them read whatever they like, with a ...

Homework may be the greatest extinguisher of curiosity ever invented - Alfie Kohen, author of The Homework Myth Sweeping our country is a new trend, which I love: No homework! Many parents are singing ...