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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see this is an older thread. This school year 25/26 all grade levels have mandatory homework.  In middle school it does count as part of their grade and there is A LOT of it.
We came from a "no homework" elementary school and this transition is HARD.[/quote]

Ask your child what they are doing during class and advisory. The kids who are bringing home homework tend to be kids with anxiety, learning issues, or ADHD and need more time to process and work OR they are goofing off in class and advisory. It tends to be one or the two. Most teachers leave time for kids to do homework in class so that the kids can ask questions and get help.

DS rarely brings home homework, he is in the AAP program with solid As. We ask him to spend 30 minutes reviewing notes in classes that are not his preferred classes to help him establish the habit of studying at home since we know he will need to do that in HS. Most of his friends don’t bring home homework. His friends with IEPs always have homework and it takes them forever to do it, not because it is hard but because they are easy to distract and get frustrated easily.

[/quote]No. This varies greatly by the school.  Some schools give projects and homeworks all the time.  [/quote]

My kid finishes his work, his friends don’t. They are at the same school with the same assignments. He has homework, I can see it all in SIS. He is able to get his done at school 99% of the time. There is plenty of assigned homework.

Some kids are able to complete it at school. Some try and struggle so they bring it home. Some are goofing off and bring it all home. That is the way of homework. [/quote]No, our school has in-class work and homework. They do have homework that is handed out at the end of class or is intended to be projects, book annotations, and worksheets to be completed over multiple days outside of class.  [/quote]

And some kids can finish them in school. I am not sure how you are missing that. The teachers are posting homework so kids who have time in class can start on the homework.

There are some kids who can finish the work in class and the homework they are given in class or at advisory. The amount brought home is more dependent on the kids ability, executive functioning skills, and amount of time spent socializing. You would not be happy with the amount of work the teacher would need to give my kid so that he has to bring it home. He has a friend with him in his classes. He does not have anything to do at home, his friend has hours of work to do at home.Same class, same teacher, same work, very different outcome. DS is NT and doesn’t socialize in class, he does his work so he can socialize at home or play video games or do whatever he wants at home. His friend has ADHD and anxiety. He has hours of homework even with starting it at school because he processes slower and is so stressed about getting the right answer he is distracted or needs breaks.

Different kids, different needs, different learning styles. Both kids have A’s in the class. [/quote]

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