One second-grade teacher in Texas wrote a letter to parents to announce she is getting rid of homework for her young students. It has since gone viral. Homework—is it useful for second-graders, or is ...

A parent posted the note to Facebook, and it went viral. As of this afternoon, it’s been shared more than 73,000 times. In the note, teacher Brandy Young wrote, “research has been unable to prove that ...

When I toured a public elementary school last spring, one question in particular seemed to make the principal squirm. Do the kindergartners get homework, I asked? Yes, he replied, explaining that it ...

Brandy Young might be onto something huge. On Tuesday, August 16, the second-grade teacher at Godley Elementary School in Godley, Texas, sent out a letter to parents explaining her no homework-policy.

Students in a second-grade class in Texas are catching a break on homework. They won’t get any – all year long. Brandy Young, a teacher in the Godley Independent School District, sent home a letter to ...

As kids return to school, debate is heating up once again over how they should spend their time after they leave the classroom for the day. The no-homework policy of a second-grade teacher in Texas ...

She argues that homework can do more harm than good for students who are already burnt out after a long day of school. In 2016, a teacher in Texas made headlines for her unique approach to homework — ...