It may be the best known bad excuse for being unprepared: "The Dog Ate My Homework." But where does the phrase come from and how has it changed over the years? Weekend Edition host Scott Simon talks ...

The age-old excuse "a dog ate my homework" really came true, or so claimed one unfortunate teacher. Getty Images/iStockphoto Would you look at that: The dog really did eat their homework. A teacher ...

A dog owner has shared photographic evidence of his naughty Labrador puppy bringing a classic missing homework excuse to life. From the moment Ben Lambert, from Westchester, New York, laid eyes on ...

Last week, we brought you the story of how the phrase "The Dog Ate My Homework" came to be and how it morphed into a palpably ridiculous excuse. Turns out, sometimes its not an excuse at all. Weekend ...

In an informal Education Week LinkedIn Poll earlier this year, 42% of respondents said they believe homework is necessary for student learning. Another EdWeek social media poll revealed that while ...

This is a phrase that many students can relate to since this is what they do on a daily basis. A majority of students are experiencing stress because homework is conflicting with their lives outside ...

Source: Flickr Creative Commons/Alberto G. With the school in full swing for so many youth, I wanted to share some comments that students across the nation have shared in response to my blogs on ...

Cries of teen frustration about homework often pop up on social media as a weekend closes and the impending Monday looms over a stack of unfinished reading or worksheets. Seeing memes for “Sunday ...

While sitting down at my computer to commence a brain dump on all the things I want to say about this topic, I’m simultaneously fussing at my middle schooler to start his homework on the last of our ...