NEW YORK -- It's a dream come true -- at least, for a fifth grader. Elementary school students in one Long Island town will be a little less disappointed at summer's end now that the school district ...

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Guess what, kids? No homework. Really. All year. A small but growing number of elementary schools and individual teachers are doing away with the after-school chore to ...

BENTONVILLE -- The Bentonville School District is reintroducing some parents to the homework equation. Parents of elementary and middle school-age children can expect more paper homework assignments ...

The Long Beach School District is doing away with traditional homework for its elementary students. Starting in September, kids will be asked to wonder, read and play. Administrators cite research ...

Several readers commented on my suggestion in the Aug. 5 Washington Post Magazine that we abolish regular homework for elementary school students and instead have them read whatever they like, with a ...