These data align with the recent and highly publicized workplace trend of “ quiet quitting ”: workplace behavior in which ...

Homework is as American as, well, mom and apple pie. It’s a concept that has spanned generations (and likely maintained its unpopularity with each new generation of students who take it on). While ...

When a student turns in a writing assignment done at home and it’s clear parts of the finished piece don’t represent the kind of work the student usually does in the classroom, should the teacher ...

(TNS) — Homework has long been a topic of debate, but in 2025 it is facing an existential crisis: Has artificial intelligence and its instant answers made it pointless or even counterproductive?

The modern education system is certainly interesting. When I was growing up, if you didn’t do an assignment, you didn’t receive credit for it. In other words, you got a zero. Similarly, if you failed ...

Homework — a dreaded word that means more work and less play. The mere thought of doing additional work after a seven-hour day (that begins extremely early) can be gruesome. Not to mention, many teens ...

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Homework was probably first assigned the first time a teacher was frustrated that students weren’t learning enough—and that's probably when civilization began. Since then, legions of kids have pleaded ...