Homework is a lot like Marmite among parents – they either love it or hate it. The matter of whether primary school children should be made to do it has been a matter of intense debate recently after ...

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There is no law governing homework in Northern Ireland, so every school must devise their own policy and share it with ...

“There is no evidence that any amount of homework improves the academic performance of elementary students.” This statement, by homework research guru Harris Cooper, of Duke University, is startling ...

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