Q: Why are teachers giving so much homework? My daughter who is in ninth grade spends up to five hours a night on her school work. Sometimes she can’t get to bed until late, and then is tired ...

Educators are increasingly focusing on the ninth grade as the year that determines ... and the students have more autonomy and more homework.” Not only are youths entering the intimidating ...

All the teachers we spoke with agreed that high schoolers should have a planner to keep track of homework, assignments, tests, and extracurricular activities. Kim Blevins, a ninth-grade English ...

“For time management and homework, (the class) really helped me,” he said. Students who don’t respond well to the transition from eighth to ninth grade might start missing school or spend ...

School districts vary widely in the amount of physical education they offer in the curriculum, and by ninth grade physical fitness ... exercise before doing their homework or studying and to ...