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 ...

Ninth grade has increasingly become a “bottleneck” for students: A joint report from Princeton University and the Brookings Institution found “in 1970, there were 3 percent fewer tenth ...

“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 ...

Roxanne Campeau from Montreal in Canada was left red-faced after her 9-year-old son Jax got his marks back from a recent math assignment. Homework can be a struggle for kids after a busy day.

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 ...