An EdWeek Research Center survey finds that educators see homework as building students' knowledge—and responsibility.

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. By Harris Cooper A second-grade teacher in Texas recently rekindled the annual debate ...

Little girls seated at their desk, education, child in a classroom, reading and writing lesson, primary school on Dec. 19, 2006. As kids return to school, debate is heating up once again over how they ...