21-04-26 教育部近日印发《关于加强义务教育学校作业管理的通知》，提出十条要求。 Primary schools should ensure that students in the first and second grades do not have written homework. Those in higher grades should complete their homework within one hour, the...

21-03-30 What lessons can other countries learn from South Korea and Finland? Whenever anyone measures educational success, East Asian countries are always top scorers. But in a recent league table, a European country, Finland, was top of the class. South Ko...

17-12-21 Chinese students spend triple the amount of time doing homework compared to the global average, reports China Youth Daily. 《中国青年报》报道，中国的学生做家庭作业所花的时间是世界平均水平的三倍。 According to a newly released report on the homework...

17-10-29 1. Establish routines and discourage bad habits Set the tone with an uncluttered, well-equipped study space, and create a consistent schedule that includes breaks. Prevent bad habits by intervening when kids toggle between texting and studying, sacr...

15-06-19 An Italian teacher has decided to forgo setting the usual holiday homework for his students and has instead given them a list of life advice. 意大利一位老师决定用一系列的生活建议来代替常规的学生暑期作业。 Most schoolchildren in Italy are given schoo...

15-04-04 A public elementary school in New York Cityhas stopped giving its students homework. 纽约一所公立小学日前宣布，停止给学生布置家庭作业。 P.S. 116 Principal Jane Hsu wrote a letter to parents last month detailing the decision, explaining that after mo...

13-01-30 Jimmy: Hey, Amy, aren't you coming out to play? Amy: No, I have to stay in and help my father with my homework. 基米：嘿，艾米，你不出来玩吗？ 艾米：不了，我必须留在家里，帮我爸爸做我的家庭作业。...

12-06-05 The mother of an 8-year-old Arizona girl who was presented with a Catastrophe Award for apparently having the most excuses for not having homework believes her child was humiliated by her teacher. 美国亚利桑那州一所学校的教师向一名8岁女生颁发灾难奖...

11-07-04 One day, Tim's mathematics teacher looked at his homework and saw that he had got all his sums right. The teacher was very pleased-and rather surprised. He called Tim to his desk and said to him, You got all your homework right this time, Tim. What...

11-06-12 Teacher: Mike, you're always asking your father to do your homework instead, and again this time... Mike: Pardon, sir, this time at first I would not let him do it, but mother was too busy....