What is the appropriate amount of school homework? The answer to this has more to do with the social climate of the times than with true educational needs of children.

Nov 12, 2009 - Wendy Ponte

Work with your child to create a homework plan to ease homework struggles throughout the school year.

Jul 30, 2007 - Barb Hacker

Is homework just another teacher check or a way to appeal to a student's learning style? Decide for yourself.

Jan 23, 2007 - Dorit Sasson

It's homework time and the TV is going in one room and music pounding in another. Are the kids able to do homework under these conditions? No.

Oct 2, 2006 - Barbara Pytel

With the creation of routines and the development of healthy work habits, children can get homework done in a timely manner, and with less frustration.

Oct 8, 2009 - Dyan Eybergen

How do you help kids with homework if you do not know much about the subject? Read these homework tips to see how you can provide homework help for kids.

Oct 29, 2010 - Katherine Barrington

Teenagers have many distractions. Yet homework and grades are very important. Here are some tips on helping teenagers focus on their studies.

Oct 5, 2011 - Alexandra Clark

The school year has already begun in some places and will start very soon in others. For some this will include the potential for the dreaded homework wars.

Aug 23, 2011 - Kathy Schlossmacher

Homework is important when it is used appropriately, because it works with the brain's natural tendencies in taking in and retaining new information.

Feb 22, 2011 - Stephen Hart

Gifted children have a different perspective on homework. Caregivers of gifted children need creative methods of assisting these children.

Apr 26, 2010 - Erin Toombs

Homework is a frustrating task for children who struggle with ADD or ADHD. Parents can use strategies to help their child successfully and easily complete his work.

Feb 22, 2010 - Laura Wilson

Every parent wants to see her child succeed at school but it's hard to know how much to help kids with homework. Sometimes parental help can undermine kids' progress.

Feb 22, 2010 - Emily Laurence Baker

Parents can help a child or teenager with homework whenever they use probing questions as the guiding force. Taking interest in school work promotes successful outcomes.

Feb 8, 2010 - Donna Hupe

Poverty has a strong impact on homework. What do experts say?

Dec 27, 2009 - Barbara Pytel

Homework causes much concern in education. Grading homework is not necessary because it is a formative assessment. It is for practicing and studying, not grading.

Dec 4, 2009 - Harvey Craft

Many parents wonder how to reconcile the messages they receive from politicians on the importance of family togetherness with mandates for more and more homework.

Nov 14, 2009 - Wendy Ponte

When children get home from school, there's little time to relax before hitting the books. Homework can be stressful for everyone involved, but it doesn't have to be.

Sep 27, 2009 - Doris Keeler