Get ready for back-to-school by setting up a personalized school supply center to store items such as pencils, pens, markers and scissors. This project is both creative and functional and provides a ...

Cindy Mediavilla spent 18 years as a public librarian and managed the Friendly Stop, a homework center for Orange (Calif.) Public Library, in the early 1990s. She has been studying after-school ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Ben Franklin once said that nothing is certain but death and taxes, but students know that homework runs a strong third. "Work" gets most of the attention, but "home" also plays an ...

In a new study, the Center for American Progress delves into the quality of American homework assignments and finds a lot of them don't demand much from students besides basic skills. The study ...