Homework makes the grade. ... Headlines and summaries of the latest Science News articles, ... and about half the students copied less than 10 percent of their homework.

A 2012 study looked at more than 18,000 10th-grade students and concluded that increasing homework loads could be the result of too much material with insufficient instructional time in the classroom.

So teens can take heart from the fact that they don’t have to spend more than an hour on math and science homework. As for parents, well, even getting them to spend that much time will be a win.

The latest online crowdsourcing tool allows students to grade their classmates’ homework and receive credit for the effort they put in.

Time spent on homework peaks in 10th grade at 54 minutes per night, according to the study. Researchers also found a disparity in homework patterns based on parents’ education level as well as a ...

Some of Rookie Parenting’s new 10th-grade science experiment ideas (but can also be used as summer activities or in home-school curriculums) include: The Water Cycle Project.