How much homework?

[Anonymous]

Our 7th grader barely gets any homework and we have to fill her time with chores and other activities otherwise she will be on screen. How much homework does your seventh grader get? Is your seventh grade program rigorous?

[Anonymous]

Some nights she has none, some nights she has 2 hours. On average, she has about 4 hours a week. They are on a block schedule and have time in class to start it.

My kid does an activity (dance) three days a week to keep her busy.

[Anonymous]

It's kind of sad that parents want their kids overrun with homework to fill their time. Kids are way too ovrtscheduled these days.

[Anonymous]

my kids are now sophomore in high school and sophmore in college, but truly 7th grade was a golden time of no homework that I ever really saw. I loved it because it left them their afternoons to pursue lots of other fun things and I see no reason for busy work for 13 year olds. High school and college are going just fine. Don't look for problems where they don't exist. But certainly address the screen time issue as a separate one.

[Anonymous]

We are limited to giving a maximum of 20 minutes per night, so with block scheduling it should never be more than an hour (assuming PE/homeroom never have assignments) and realistically more like 30 minutes tops (since electives rarely have homework either).

My lower kids have a lot more than my high kids, who generally finish it all in the 5-10 minutes I give them in class to start it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:my kids are now sophomore in high school and sophmore in college, but truly 7th grade was a golden time of no homework that I ever really saw. I loved it because it left them their afternoons to pursue lots of other fun things and I see no reason for busy work for 13 year olds. High school and college are going just fine. Don't look for problems where they don't exist. But certainly address the screen time issue as a separate one.

+1 this. I love that my 7th grader has little homework. It’s manageable and he has ample time for his practicing instrument.

[Anonymous]

DS is in 8th. 7 and 8th max of 45 min typically more like 20 min.

HS next year he should really have any if he take advantage of time cut out in school.

[Anonymous]

None. She very occasionally spends 15 minutes reviewing for a test. But not every test, just harder ones. Straight A’s and A+‘s in honors classes. Public education is a joke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:None. She very occasionally spends 15 minutes reviewing for a test. But not every test, just harder ones. Straight A’s and A+‘s in honors classes. Public education is a joke.

The amount of homework doesn’t correspond to the depth of the class or how good the school is. Odd that you think no homework means that.

[Anonymous]

My 7th grader is split between a public school and an AAP program off campus. She gets zero homework from public school nor does she ever study for tests. It isn’t that she is super efficient, the school just doesn’t assign any. All work is done in class. The consensus among my friends in different districts is that public school has largely moved away from assigning homework. One reasons is that many students weren’t doing it anyway, thus tanking their grades and removing any incentive to try and do better, as it would be lost cause.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 7th grader is split between a public school and an AAP program off campus. She gets zero homework from public school nor does she ever study for tests. It isn’t that she is super efficient, the school just doesn’t assign any. All work is done in class. The consensus among my friends in different districts is that public school has largely moved away from assigning homework. One reasons is that many students weren’t doing it anyway, thus tanking their grades and removing any incentive to try and do better, as it would be lost cause.

Meant to add: she does get a significant amount of assigned homework from AAP program

[Anonymous]

I disagree with posters. I think some homework has value, but other assignments are dumb and a waste of time (flip grids, remember those?). Homework assignments I like are reading and then writing essays or reports. Math practice is also of value. As is writing sentences/paragraphs— as long as it’s reviewed and corrected! But doing hours of HW and then getting a lousy stamp seems unfair.