In most of the world school has been in session for a few months now, with many students starting to eye-up the upcoming holiday breaks. One reason for this is tiredness. The extent of how tired many ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. It’s no secret that students’ sleep habits deteriorate in puberty, but high schoolers may owe their sleep-encrusted eyes as much to social changes as biological ones ...

Q: We would like to limit our 16-year-old son’s video game and cellphone time. We think homework should come first and then free time. He wants to relax with his video game and phone after school ...

More American high schoolers are graduating than ever, with this year’s graduation rate reaching a record 81 percent. But the journey from kindergarten to commencement is inflicting collateral damage ...

When it comes to school stress, Hannah O'Brien has seen some extremes. The 17-year-old junior at Acalanes High School in Lafayette, California, has witnessed students crying in class after getting low ...

It may still feel like summer, but the school year will soon be upon us. We've rounded up the best advice from teachers, doctors and other parents to help you and your kids head back to school. The ...

So I recently read with interest a about the Orchard School in Vermont, a grades pre-K-5 that stopped all homework except asking students to read, as well as play outside and get a good night’s sleep.

Amid a nationwide drive to reduce the academic burden on students, a primary school in China’s eastern Jiangsu province has issued a new diktat: no homework after 9 p.m. The Bo’ai Primary School in ...