Two teams fight it out to dodge detention, and put the cool back into school, in a mischievous mix of tongue-in-cheek comedy, off-the-wall questions, nonsensical studio games and slapstick challenges.

I'm in Year seven and my question is: I never know when's the best time to sort out my homework? After school or in the morning? Help. Inel: Oh, I hear you Florence, I hear you. I was in the same ...

What’s the point of leaving for class if you could end up lost in the fog on your way there? It may be better to avoid leaving your dorm, just ...

Everybody was a student once. I remember having to choose between getting a good night’s sleep and preparing my homework assignments. Back then, there were no online helpers, only you and your ...

That’s the basis for this month’s Mike Mount cartoon, which suggests that the ban might be effective during school hours but will otherwise struggle to change young people’s well-ingrained ...

More and more children are struggling with screen addiction. They watch cartoons at every possible moment of the day, giving ...

Harlem home where malnourished 4-year-old boy died was stocked with food: prosecutors Malnourished 4-year-old Harlem boy who died was just 19 lbs., siblings also starved by parents: prosecutors ...

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She “100 per cent” agrees that short-duration homework is most effective and engaging for young people. “My third years are currently doing a project on room design and getting ready to ...

How much homework is too much homework? It's a big question for pupils, teachers and parents alike. Reality Check went to Sutton Community Academy in Nottinghamshire to try to find some answers ...

The notion that the internet had academic applications barely crossed my mind as a child. Sure, I learned things by surfing ...

but that didn’t stop that genuine yearning that rose up in me when I let my attention drift from my homework to the screen. Even the stupidest, corniest television was a promise that life got bigger ...