According to their 2007 study, a significant number of Canadian children receive homework in kindergarten, while 28 per cent in Grade 1 and more than 50 per cent in Grade 2 are assigned more than ...

My son is in second grade and gets homework in several subjects every day. Sometimes, we are both up past his bedtime to ensure everything gets done. A child psychologist agrees that homework on ...

Policies such as one grade lower for each day late and counting homework completion in the final performance of proficiency don’t hold up under scrutiny. Tom Schimmer, author of “Grading from ...