Here’s a scenario that happens every school night in many homes: A parent says to a child, “Let me see your homework.” The child grudgingly hands it over. The parent checks the homework and sees that ...

I can vividly remember sitting down to do my homework at the kitchen table as a kid while my mom or dad made dinner, squeezing every possible math problem in before they forced me to put my things ...

Yes, parents may be celebrating the return to school and the end of summer stress. But they may also be dreading the return of homework and the arguments, cajoling, and bribing that often comes with ...

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I messed up in my Nov. 21 column, "Weak Case Against Homework," http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/21/AR2006112100633.html and failed to ...