Students at Pearson carry a heavy homework load.

But several students interviewed said they would support a lighter, more flexible homework load.

A University of Michigan study last year found homework increasing overall from 1981 to 1997, with the biggest increase falling on students ages 6 to 8, whose homework load tripled.

It was there, after studying the orthopedics of children and polling youngsters about their homework load, that the backpack, called the BioKNX, was developed.

If your child is in school, he or she may need a reduced homework load or school schedule during severe depressive or manic episodes.

On television, everything from her eyeliner to her hairstyle, from her childhood to her homework load is scrutinized.

These children have a heavier homework load in mid-elementary school than I had in junior high school, and they are working longer hours than many adults I know.

Has specific recommendations and sample letters to be used in negotiating a reduced homework load for your child.

One response has been to triple the average homework load of the youngest students since 1981.

Decisions regarding social activities and homework load were made democratically by the students in the class.