Williamson County Schools apologized for a middle school homework assignment that asked students to pretend their families owned slaves.

Every day students at Washington High School, who don’t have internet access, show up at their schools to pickup and drop-off their school work assignments.

A Spanish homework assignment received criticism from some WCSD parents for allegedly being racist.

A teacher in Ohio has been placed on administrative leave after he allegedly went to a student’s home to see if they finished their homework, officials said.

Homework is absolutely necessary for students to demonstrate that they are able to independently process and apply their learning. But who says homework has to be the same as it has been?

Math classes have homework the most frequently. The Metlife study found that 70 percent of students in grades three to 12 had at least one homework assignment in math.

Some students cope with the distraction by budgeting social media time into their homework schedule or going to bed early to get a jump-start in the morning.