At the time, I hated doing more work after school and all summer. But as an adult, I'm grateful that they pushed me to exercise my brain growing up. Some of my earliest memories are groaning about ...

CHILDREN are being lumbered with hours of homework every week, but the extra slog doesn't do them any good, says one academic. Research reveals homework offers no real benefit in primary school and ...

During a recent break in the middle of the school day at Stillwater Area High School, senior Brandon Paradise finished a physics lab, freshman Haley Eder-Zdehchlik took her first yoga class and junior ...

A PROUD ‘helicopter mum’ has shared her controversial parenting quirks online – and doesn’t care if she ruffles a few feathers. Mum-of-three Rosie Graham has shared that she gives her children extra ...

Giving students extra homework in mathematics tends to benefit the highest- and lowest-achieving students more than it does more-average performers, a study has concluded. Homework is an important ...

Crystal McGennity is just five years old but she has a daily diary that would leave many adults weeping with exhaustion. The cute kid crams in an extra 25 hours a week of ­after-school ­activities, ...