Creating tasks with a focus on students’ autonomy—by providing choices, for example—helps them see the relevance of homework.

“The temptation to cheat was suddenly just two clicks away.” Those are the words of Geoffrey Fowler, technology columnist at the Washington Post. He was writing about Google’s introduction of ...

When her 7-year-old daughter asked her for help with her homework, Alyssa Dawson, 36, from Arizona, wasn't expecting the assignment to come back to haunt her. The homework prompt had asked students to ...