When your fourth-grader complains about homework, it’s not just empty whining. Homework for fourth-graders is more difficult. And there may be more of it. Welcome to higher education, kid. From ...

U.S. 4th grade teachers assign less math homework than their colleagues in other nations but their students get more help with it. These are among the findings of a preliminary research study ...

The fourth graders in Jeremy Lowe’s class at Atlanta’s Parkside Elementary School are on a tight deadline. They have only five minutes to write a dramatic “warm-up play” with characters, a setting, ...

The nation’s 4th and 8th graders have inched up in mathematics, new test data show, but the results are more mixed in reading, with 4th grade scores flat compared with two years ago. Overall, ...

A fourth grader's homework assignment has the student's mother raising questions. Updated: 2:09 PM CST Feb 21, 2014 Andy Cunningham Reporter 4th grade homework assignment raises eyebrows ...