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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Things may have changed after covid, but ASFS had homework and “projects”, even in the early grades. Some basic reinforcement is actually a good thing, but the problem that I saw was too much time learning “strategies and concepts” for things like math, rather than just memorizing basic math facts and just doing some worksheets to get the muscle memory. There was some silly homework. The principal may have been forced to stop giving homework, but she ran a much more old-school type of program. My kid grumbled, but I think he learned more with the style of teaching than he is in the much friendlier and nurturing Dorothy Hamm. That’s just my kid and the way he both gets motivation and how he processes. And they did learn cursive a bit in third grade.[/quote]

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I had the same experience for my eldest at asfs.  Now they have no homework though!  I think it’s just a shift to wanting to stress kids out less this year.  Personally I think my kid could use more practice with writing, which the weekly readers response definitely gave my older one.[/quote]

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