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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]My kid is in CES.   She rarely has required homework. A few big take home assignments throughout the year, but that’s it.   The teachers mentioned they would not though - it’s baked into the more rigorous day[/b]. But, they did mention something about optional work they could do if needed - whatever your personal reason may be for having your kid do it (habit forming, practice…).        My kid also brings home A’s.   So I don’t know if it’s all that uncommon. She understands a lot but certainly has struggled at times with some lessons, whether in math or language.   So just because your kid is doing amazing does not mean he’s going through every single day and every single lesson all knowing.   There are ebbs and flows of learning and sometimes they just get lucky in testing.  Math for sure will get more complex and harder just by virtue of how it works.  Elementary math is the basics for the most part; it’s laying the foundation for higher level learning.  You other kids may have things that come more easily to them and they don’t have to work as hard at - so it’s not really reasonable to make him set an example for them based on his own personal skill set.  Instead each child gets to adjust as the need, for their own benefit. [/quote]

That's really lame. Why bother bussing elementary kids around to different schools if they're not even getting a challenging academic experience? [/quote]

It is entirely possible to have a challenging academic experience in elementary school with minimal homework.  The older they get, the less true that is, but it's absolutely true in elementary school.  Everyday elementary school homework is often just busywork and the amount of it has little to do with how challenging the work actually is.[/quote]

Posted above, but I don't agree for 3rd-5th grade at least that it can be rigorous without at least 20+ min a night of math practice or reading. [/quote]

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