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We do like daily math homework, as it builds the skill taught that day. Any update on math HW for Pre Alg at DHMS?

So if there is no English honors tract? Is there a vocab workbook? How many novel have they read this year?[/quote]

I don't have time to find it, but there is an APS equity-driven policy about homework.  Almost never mandatory, and they have until the end of the quarter to turn it in.  Even if they don't do it at all the lowest grade is a 50%, not a 0% even if they did zero work.  Homework can also only count for something like 15% of the total grade.

We talked to both our child's math teacher and foreign language teacher since they are high school level courses.  Both unofficially said that we should have DC doing 15-20min of review every day as unassigned or unofficial homework since practice really is necessary in both of those subjects to master the material.  The no homework plus test-retakes policies are going to help prop up grades, but not necessarily the type of deep mastery that daily practice brings.

Starting in 2023 there will be open-enrollment intensified options in English, Social Studies and Science in addition to the current accelerated math options.  Your child does not need to be identified as GT,and does not need teacher approval.  The schools will be doing massive outreach among traditionally lower-performing populations (minorities, lower SES, ESL, SWD) to ensure that the classes reflect the same demographics as the school, that way the intensified don't look like clusters of white UMC kids in each school.

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