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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]About how many hours a night of homework is there?  Honestly this sounds more miserable/militaristic than rigorous.  [/quote]

How do you expect them to get a rigorous education without homework? [/quote]

I think most studies show that excessive homework doesn't actually help kids learn and becomes more busy work when they should be going to sleep. I think there is some value in homework but I would be careful to assume that just because a school regularly gives kids 2 plus hours a night that it means the school is awesome. Maybe something is lacking during the day.  Just something to weigh, especially if your kid has other aftershool activities or a long commute that would make 2-3 hours of homework a night a total nightmare for the kid and the parents. [/quote]

You are right. Homework isn't shorthand for awesome or rigorous.

What makes the BASIS curriculum rigorous to me is that starting in 6th grade, the kids begin mastering some high school material. All middle schoolers are exposed to subjects like physics and chemistry starting in 6th grade and economics in 8th grade. Yes, homework comes with the territory at BASIS, but there's more to the school and its students than that. [/quote]

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