I am encouraged to work with individuals who present to counseling with questions about life changing issues and behavioral patterns which cause difficulty in their lives. My practice serves ...

Children cannot be made to acquire skills. They aren’t vending machines, such that we put in more homework and get out more learning. There’s something perversely fascinating about educational ...

CHILDREN are split down the middle when it comes to the question of having too much homework, as half feel they have too much and half thinking they have too little. CHILDREN are split down the middle ...

A new educational study offers evidence that simple and inexpensive changes to existing courses can help students learn more effectively. The study found that making a few changes to homework ...

What is the best approach teachers can take towards homework? I think the guest responses today, along with numerous reader comments, provide a great perspective on the topic. If you’d like to read ...

Psychotherapy is a search to improve the emotional balance in one's life and to adjust the "fit" between personal preferences and social circumstances. By using a variety of strategies, it is often ...

When the school year begins Thursday at Marion County Public Schools in central Florida, the district’s 20,263 elementary school students will come to class sure of one thing: No matter what the ...

I have written in the past about my hatred of homework from the perspective of both a teacher and a parent, so when I heard about a teacher who had ditched the practice of assigning homework ...

Homework is a bummer, almost everyone agrees, but most parents shoulder the burden without even thinking. We sit our kids down at the kitchen table and "supervise" as they writhe and moan, gnaw at ...

Creating the perfect homework station isn’t just about finding a desk and chair — it’s about designing a space that actually makes your kids want to sit down and tackle their assignments. A ...