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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ATS also uses an educational model that has not been proven optimal in recent studies  (i.e. [b]assigning large amounts of homework [/b]in elementary school).  I agree that there is demand and by test scores and from anecdotal feedback it certainly seems like a successful model.  No personal experience with the school so can't comment.  [/quote]

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Depends on the teacher.  My daughter is in 5th grade, and doesn't seem to have that much homework.  In 3rd and 4th, she also didn't have much homework.  2nd grade, however, was crazy -- I once emailed the teacher to say that she had spent 2 hours working on something, and I was telling her to stop.  That's the only time we had that happen - and all of her teachers have always said, if something is taking longer than you think it should, just let the teacher know.  (My daughter didn't like the idea of not finishing her homework, so I rarely invoked that in 2nd.)  1st wasn't too bad; K was annoying because it required parental involvement.  [/quote]

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