As the movement against excessive homework continues to grow, some parents say they're drawing a line in the sand between home and school. Schools, in turn, are starting to rethink the role of ...

Before reading this week's Absolute Wonder Woman, it would be worth brushing up on the legend of Persephone. Yes, yes, you have to do homework to read a comic, but still. Persephone lived in a world ...

Senior Lecturer in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra A middle school student I know came home from school with the task to recreate a medieval fort out of cake. I expect the History ...