A proposed California bill could lessen the load on students by asking schools to dole out less homework. AB 2999, also known as the "Healthy Homework Act," would require districts to update their ...

Some bills before California’s Legislature don’t come from passionate policy advocates, or from powerful interest groups. Sometimes, the inspiration comes from a family car ride. While campaigning two ...

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

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — How much homework is too much homework? A new California bill introduced in the State Assembly asserts that giving elementary school students hefty amounts of homework does not ...

American teenagers, on average, are spending less time on homework than they did a generation ago—and the decline has steepened since the pandemic. The homework slide, happening since at least the ...

Having less homework would be beneficial for some students like Kyan Vanderweel, a San Luis Obispo high school student. With multiple band and orchestra practices a day, on top of taking AP classes, ...

Sleep deprivation is an epidemic here on campus. However, the bigger issue is how excessively homework is assigned. It seems that every semester, at least one of my classes is weeks behind the ...

(FOX40.COM) — Many Californians can look back at their time growing up and remember spending hours after school bogged down in homework, but one lawmaker hopes to change that for the next generation.

Homework is one of those hot-button topics that never fails to set off a wide range of responses when people are asked about its value. From ardent backers of the age-old practice to absolute ...