When Homework Excludes Parents What rural mathematics homework reveals about inequality and family involvement Excellent Educator, 3(18), 1, 2026 🔎 Research in Brief The article reviews 18 studies and documents published between 2018 and 2024 to examine parental involvement in mathematics homework in rural South African primary schools. It identifies economic hardship, limited access to
Making Homework Work Across Languages What multilingual families teach us about inclusive homework Excellent Educator, 3(18), 3, 2026 🔎 Research in Brief This linguistic ethnography examined how multilingual migrant learners in Ireland navigate homework between school and home. The study followed two families—five learners and their primary caregivers—over four months. The families used multiple languages
Designing Homework for the AI Era Moving from answer production to reasoning, reflection, and AI literacy Excellent Educator, 3(18), 5, 2026 🔎 Research in Brief This opinion article examines how generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and other automated systems change the meaning of homework. The authors argue that the key issue is not simply
When Homework Moves Into Family Life How homework expectations shape time, stress, and parental routines Excellent Educator, 3(18), 4, 2026 🔎 Research in Brief This mixed-methods study examined how homework expectations are translated from school into family routines in three secondary schools in England. Stage 1 included 193 respondents, including 82 adolescents in Years 7–11,
When Homework Creates Worry A new tool for noticing students’ negative homework experiences Excellent Educator, 3(18), 2, 2026 🔎 Research in Brief Researchers developed the Homework Disaffection and Worry Scale (HDWS) to measure two negative reactions students may experience during homework: disaffection and worry. The study involved 821 eighth-grade students in public schools in Istanbul.
