This AP story details an innovative, and effective, program to get students to finish their homework. At Glenpool Middle School, teachers don’t give out zeros for incomplete homework assignments.

The question about homework shouldn’t be whether kids get an excessive amount. It should be whether they benefit from any at all, argues educator Alfie Kohn in his new book, “The Homework Myth.” ...

Editor's Note: Skylar Anderson, a dad, is behind StudyRight, which offers study skill training for middle school and high school students. Now that we're more than half way through the school year ...