French Communist Party candidate Fabien Roussel on Friday called for traditional homework to be abolished nationwide. Sitting well outside of the top candidates in the April presidential election, ...

How do you think this would go over in the United States? French President François Hollande has said he will end homework as part of a series of reforms to overhaul the country’s education system.

Students of the world unite. A communist candidate in France’s upcoming presidential elections has vowed to do away with homework nationwide. Fabien Roussel — who has about 4% support among voters in ...

Homework is officially finished – in France at least. No more angry tears over the 9-times tables at the kitchen table. No more sheets of grammar discovered the next morning in the bottom the book bag ...

The latest revolt against France's aristocracy is all about ... homework. President Francois Hollande, the socialist leader swept into office in May, has targeted homework as bestowing an unfair ...

French President François Hollande proposed banning homework as part of a school reform package last week. French schoolkids already put in long school days: 8:30 to 4:30 or longer. But that's not ...

TORONTO – Banning homework for students may sound like the plans of a high school class president, but in France, it’s Francois Hollande’s latest policy. The newly-elected French president may be ...

PARIS—French President Francois Hollande potentially won the hearts of thousands of future voters on Tuesday by announcing he wants to abolish homework. Unveiling a new education program, Hollande ...