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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is one of the problems I have with year round schooling.

During the shorter breaks, the kids always have homework.  In elementary, it was very thick packets to prepare for standardized testing.  In middle school and high school, it tended to be projects and studying for finals (which MCPS had done away with - but that’s a separate issue). They get homework over the summer (which is something I oppose -  separate issue), but at least with the longer summer vacation they can do it and still get a break.

If they ever decide to go to year round schooling, kids won’t be getting actual breaks, they’ll just be working from home.

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Lived in a year round school system.  No homework over most breaks.[/quote]

It’s great that your system didn’t give homework over breaks, but MCPS does.  I’m not saying that year round schooling inevitably comes with homework over breaks. I’m saying that a school system that DOES give homework over breaks shouldn’t go to year round schooling.

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It goes to show that you can't please everyone. Some parents feel there's too much homework whereas others believe there isn't enough and children aren't adequately prepared for college. Both can't be true. [/quote]

First of all, you can give more homework during the school year and refrain from giving it over the break.

Personally, I think whether than focusing on the quantity it would be better to focus on the quality.  Homework should be assigned with the goal of actually helping the kids learn.

Busywork given just for the sake of having homework is a waste of both the student’s and teacher’s time.  (This also applies to daily required reading after a child has mastered the skill of reading.  The only thing it accomplishes is causing the student to resent reading).  Also, time-consuming art projects for classes that aren’t art  are pointless.  Making a parent go buy posterboard so that a child can cut out pictures from a magazine for their foreign language vocabulary does not seem to be an effective learning strategy, much less the occasion they needed a tri-fold display that matched their aura.

I think meaningful homework is important for learning, but a good first step would be to actually grade it rather than just checking it for completion and to actually mark all errors.

Secondly the post you responded to was about whether MCPS should consider year-round school when they give homework over their breaks. Your response seemed to be about overall homework levels and addressed neither homework on breaks nor year-round school.  [/quote]

This also really interferes with our European Spring vacation.
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