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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not the norm unless you're in public. DD attends private and goes to math class outside of school. Most of her classmates don't. I've noticed the kids at enrichment math are mostly public school kids, with a few kids from magnet schools and specialized privates. [/quote]
This is not our experience at all. I have two kids at two different privates and a LOT of their classmates either have a math tutor or do something like Mathnasium, RSM, etc.[/quote]

How do you find the time? Our private gives plenty of homework beginning in 3rd grade. At minimum they get daily math homework, reading and grammar homework several times a week, and spelling and vocab work. Homework is assigned every day but Friday, which is reserved for occasional project work. Between homework and extracurriculars, I don’t know how parents and kids would find the time. [/quote]

How much homework are they getting. My 10th grader in AP calc doesn’t even get homework.  Everything gets done in class. I’m not saying elementary kids should get none, but how much are you talking about? [/quote]

For us it depended on the grade. In 2nd they got a math worksheet, single sided, and sometimes English work. In 3rd the homework ramped up with daily math (20-25 problems every night), study guides for tests, spelling and vocab tests weekly, and projects like book dioramas. Add in a hobby (like mine does 30 minutes of music practice, Saturday activity, and a sport) and there isn't a whole lot of time. I don't see how I would be taking her to a 2 hour math class every week.

Every year after that it got more challenging in elementary, but the biggest jump was 2nd to 3rd. And of course sport and activity expectations ramp up as the kids get older. Instead of once a week practice for a sport, it might be 3-4x per week. I'm surprised that your 10th grader in Calc doesn't get homework. I always had homework in AP Calc because we needed the daily practice and we were always prepping for the AP exam. In class, we were reviewing and also learning new material, not doing practice problems.[/quote]

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