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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unclear what is meant by “minimal.”

But it is absolutely true that people on here tend to view hours of homework per night as a proxy for school quality.  When, in reality, activity often does not equal achievement.

It is a continuum.  And will vary by student.  But it is safe to say that Field/Burke are toward the lower end.  Homework, yes, but not a soul crushing amount.

Personally, I am deeply skeptical of the idea that 3 hours per night every night is intrinsically a good thing.  [/quote]

Agreed.  This varies with kid and chosen course selection, and our eyes, 3 hours of homework a night is not intrinsically a good thing.

Given that, and knowing our kid (who is a bit of a perfectionist) when we looked at HS this past fall (graduating out of a K-8),[b] Burke, Field, SSFS, SAES, and Bullis[/b] were in the ballpark homework-wise.[/quote]

This is the list I'd come up with too.  But even at some of the other schools - you can limit homework dramatically by not being in the highest rigor courses.  This usually can't be avoided for English/History - but choice of language (Latin) and taking the most basic math/science course will greatly reduce homework at a Big 3.[/quote]

Why would Latin have less homework than other languages?[/quote]

Latin has the most homework![/quote]

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