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[quote=Anonymous]I'll weigh in the homework issue. First let me clarify that I don't think the number of hours spent on homework has much correlation with a school's level of challenge. That said, for the people who are interested in hour counts, my DD who went private for ES but is now at public regularly complains that she has way more homework than her friends who continued on to a range of private HS, including the top 3 private high schools. If you need independent verification of the homework and stress level at a place like Whitman, read The Overachievers. Having said all that, my DS now at the same public HS spends much less time on HW than DD, is less of a perfectionist and cruises through with low As.

What to conclude? The number of hours spent on homework varies with the kid and his/her perfectionism, ability to absorb the info in class vs. re-reading at home, efficiency vs tendency to get distracted by Facebook, et cetera.  And again, hours of homework per se may not be a great metric.[/quote]

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