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Some parents are shocked when their first-grader comes home from school with homework. The reality is children are learning more at a younger age and take-home assignments are increasing. Parents play ...

Teachers may be appalled at the new form of outsourcing but many such "experts" are in the market to help kids who despise holiday homework, the Hindustan Times daily reports. "Leave Holiday Homework ...

Senior Lecturer in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra A middle school student I know came home from school with the task to recreate a medieval fort out of cake. I expect the History ...