A few days into the new semester this January, the LaSalle Parish school district in rural Louisiana made a pronouncement: There would be no more homework. None of the 2,500 students in this district ...

As the 2025-2026 school year winds down, OCPS 8th graders are facing a critical juncture: mastering systems of equations and cube roots, two concepts that often determine success in high school ...

Some experts worry that less homework could be a problem for math achievement, at a time when test scores nationwide are ...

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Notably, taking Algebra 1 and 8th grade math together boosted all students’ scores—not just those of students who were less ...