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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On the question of HW load, DC graduated recently before the TJ shakeup. They had an average of 4+ hours of HW daily some days less. but there was always something to do even if for longterm projects.

When I saw pp said their DC had 2 hours per night I was surprised.[/quote]

The new principal  Dr. Bonnitatibus changed the HW policy especially. during and after covid to 2 hrs/night from the previous 4 hrs/night
  As a result some of the really advanced courses like Phys C M&E/M which were 2 years in 1 can't actually assign enough home.work to learn the material.   Ditto for the advanced college level stem courses at TJ.  On the good side it gives kids the chance to do lore sports etc... On the bad side the college-level coursework  and advanced academics are really not the same as what TJ had before 2020.

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Can't the students who want to learn the material well just do more problems themselves without having to be officially forced/graded by the teacher? If I was a teacher and kids are asking me how to learn the material, I would be giving them recommendations. I'm sure this is how teachers are responding even if they are not allowed to officially assign more than a certain amount, per school policy. This seems to mirror college; with the idea that if kids are taking advanced post-AP college classes, they should be self assessing and deciding whether they need to put more practice/effort to understand something. So they'll have the option to do more if they are motivated, but aren't forced to if they have other interests or are very busy with sports etc. More flexibility seems a good thing to me.[/quote]

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