Lawmakers in Hong Kong on Friday demanded a cap on the amount of homework set for primary school students, as children in the city are becoming increasingly stressed and overworked. Eleven legislators ...

Coaxing teenagers to sit down and do their homework is never an easy task. But is it actually worth their while to slave away for hours on end every evening? Not according to a new study of Spanish ...

Debate surrounding the amount – and type – of homework set for children has intensified in recent years, particularly in primary schools. Credit: Photo: Alamy Primary-age pupils should be effectively ...

Homework hasn’t changed much in the past few decades. Most children are still sent home with about an hour’s worth of homework each day, mostly practising what they were taught in class. If we look ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Parents should make use of a little-known power to negotiate with teachers over the volume of homework set for their children. As the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. At psychologist Judith Paphazy's clinic in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, a steady stream of 12-year-olds with headaches, insomnia or ...