[ noun ] a school task performed by a student to satisfy the teacher <noun.act>
By the time he starts work in the fields, he will have been up since 5 in the morning and he will not rest until sunset. Gathering crops is hard work for a nine-year-old boy, especially after a morning of chores and schoolwork.
Board members also said planning the dances took time away from schoolwork.
Now the uneducated parents of our state cannot help their children with third-grade schoolwork.
Evan was forced to cut back on schoolwork, but kept up his grades and earned a scholarship to Utah State University.