Like many digital natives, your children are probably on their way to becoming lifelong multitaskers (or so you think). There's only one problem with this scenario: there is no such thing as multitasking -- at least not in the way you may think of it.

The more-is-better, bigger-is-better mentality begins to inform every decision, leaving students with full schedules and sleep deprivation in the name of "achievement" and "results."

My fiancé and I are having trouble getting his seventh grade son to care about the quality of his homework. What can we do to get him to do a better job?

Our study found that if a student checked Facebook just once during the 15-minute study period, he or she had a lower GPA.

I used to have anxiety dreams that I had forgotten to do my homework. I'd wake up sweating, my heart pounding, certain I had humiliated myself in front of my teachers and classmates. I thought I had put those dreams behind me when I took my last exam 10 years ago, but they're back.

When the time came to help him my son with his homework, I told myself I was "busy" doing "work." What was I doing? Answering an email and checking my app's Facebook page. *Facepalm*

In my household, there is a vast difference between school mornings that go smoothly and those that involve nagging, missed buses and tears. It's the difference between heaven and hell.

Someone with ADHD will often find themselves in the middle of one activity and mentally involved in the next.

With a national policy framework, schools can more consistently and effectively deliver homework practices that keep student health, learning and engagement at the center of the conversation.