It was pretty darn adorable the first time my Kindergartner showed me her homework. She was happy to sit down like a big kid to complete the ten-minute assignment in her designated black-and-white ...

Last week the Star-Ledger ran a story about a new trend in preschool:homework. More pre-K programs are give homework to 4-year-olds. Is that too young? do your preschoolers have homework? How do they ...

I have a friend who took kindergarten prep very seriously. When her son began getting homework in preschool (“homework” and “preschool” being two words that should never go together) and he couldn’t ...

I realized that my daughter's kindergarten was going to be much different than her preschool long before I put her on the bus that first day. Gone were the quaint little emails from her teacher ...

If you're a parent with kids in school, you may have noticed they might be getting less homework than they used to or maybe none at all. That's a relief for some families and dismaying to others. We ...

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. In addition to our traditional advice, every Thursday we feature an assortment of teachers from across the country answering your education ...

For most parents of kindergartners, their kids are still young enough that they can successfully help with their homework — before more complicated algebra equations leave some of the adults just as ...