The case for homework isn’t black and white, so we looked far and wide for research to shed a little light on the matter.

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RALEIGH -- I knew that we would get here eventually, but I had no idea that I would be struggling with my child's math homework in the first grade. In my defense, I simply wasn't prepared for the ...

With all the arguments about Common Core and opting out of testing, it's surprising there's not more of a groundswell to opt out of something I always found truly scary: homework. There was no scarier ...

Nov. 22 (UPI) --A Wisconsin sheriff's deputy came to the "rescue" of a 10-year-old who called 911 to ask for help with math homework. The Shawano County Sheriff's Office said on social media that a ...

Since the Shawano County Sheriff’s Office was not busy at the time, Deputy Chase Mason responded to the call. “I actually sent a message to the deputy who was responding and said, ‘You’ve got a lot of ...

70 percent of surveyed parents said that it's harder for them to solve their kid's math homework today More than half of American parents feel hopeless when trying to help their kid with homework, ...

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She’s ready for any emergency — even a math meltdown! A 911 dispatcher in Indiana sprang to the rescue when a boy called, frantically needing help with his mind-numbing math homework, according to NBC ...

SHAWANO COUNTY, Wis. (WBAY/Gray News) - It was a teaching moment in more ways than one when a 10-year-old Wisconsin boy called 911 to get help with his math homework. Kim Krause, a 911 dispatcher, ...