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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 ...

“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 ...

Nine-year-old Arieanna Shaughnessy and her mom say she is buried under a heavy homework load.Mark van Manen Bev Shaughnessy says she and her daughter are being eaten alive by the homework monster.

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