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 ...

Rob Manning / OPB What a difference a few months can make. Last spring, OPB visited Cherry Park Elementary School, where 3rd grade teacher Anne O’Brien, gave two reasons for assigning weekly, written ...

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Guess what, kids? No homework. Really. All year. A small but growing number of elementary schools and individual teachers are doing away with the after-school chore to ...

“PDF"—play, downtime, and family time—has replaced homework for kindergartners, 1st graders, and 2nd graders at one Chicago elementary school, according to the Sun Times. Calling it a “grand ...

Many elementary schools across the nation are cutting down on homework so students have more time for playing, reading and spending time with family. BYU professors and elementary education majors ...

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — As far as kindergartners go, 5-year-old Addrien is your typical elementary school student. He likes coloring. He likes math. And he even likes his homework. But ask parents in ...

What schoolchild hasn't wished, hoped, and dreamed of not having to do homework? Well, kids who attend elementary school at Public School 116 in New York City may get a pardon. According to a report ...

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 ...