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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If math homework counts as instruction (i.e., if you include instructions with the problem sets), then 15 minutes of math homework a day is doable. My kids are doing at least that amount now (5th and 7th grades).  I don't remember when they started having math homework though, maybe 3rd grade?  So doing this with the early grades will be the issue, but I think the elementary schedule may allow for more flexibility in adding that time during the day, than sorting out MS periods.

I guess I need to read the actual policy and see how they define math instruction. [/quote]

I think the elementary schools are already largely conforming.[/quote]

If I'm reading my 5th grader's schedule on parentvue correctly, he has 28 minutes of math.  I think the periods vary depending on whether it's a "specials" day (ie, on the 2 days without music/art/PE, the class periods may be longer).  That said, math is never a full 60 minutes per day.  [/quote]

The schedules on ParentVue for ES have nothing to do with actual schedules in elementary school (it's set up to reflect MS and HS "periods", for ES they just assign 28 minute "periods" at semi-random times for each subject but it doesn't mean they are that length or at that time.). I just ignore that section entirely.  It can't be made to reflect ES schedules accurately so I think most schools don't bother to try.

Don't you get a weekly schedule at open house or back to school night at the beginning of the year? In our school, it has always been 60+ minutes of math a day (usually 65.)  I think that is a central office mandate?[/quote]

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