Khaleda Rahman is Newsweek's National Correspondent based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on education and national news. Khaleda joined Newsweek in 2019 and had previously worked at the ...

Down With Homework, Say U.S. School Districts More districts ban or stop grading it amid complaints of overload, but some parents and teachers aren’t on board By ...

In the late 1800s, a Civil War hero turned Boston school board member, Francis Walker, thought math homework harmed children’s health and pushed the panel to ban it as part of a nationwide anti ...

Oak Knoll Elementary in Menlo Park has mostly banned homework — except reading, special projects or catch-up work. Palo Alto's Addison Elementary and the Berryessa School District in San Jose ...

Let’s get to the good stuff. Once the news broke on social media that Murray, a 25-year-old man making $230 million, will now have to do homework, the memes started rolling in and they did not ...