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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Math teachers at my high school tell me that the math curriculum for each grade is designed to be fast paced and without depth. Teachers are supposed to move to a new topic practically every day. If a student misses a week of school which is not uncommon, the student misses several concepts which they will not see again for a long time. There is not much practice time built into the curriculum. Couple this with the 50% rule and you have students being pushed up to the next level of math who have learned next to nothing the year before. I don’t teach math so high school math teachers - please correct me if I’m wrong [/quote]

We have never seen a new topic every day.  Nor do we have the 59% rule.  Are you a private parent?  We have math homework too.  [/quote]

How have you not seen the 50% rule? And several high schools assign minimum to no HW. Teachers are discouraged from giving HW except in AP classes. MCPS calls it an equity issue [/quote]

My HS student at Blair has 2-4 hours of work a night. Magnet classes aren't crazy or anything. In fact, I think honors spanish 4 is their hardest class. I have seen 0's when they missed something or were absent but think the 50% was ended after the pandemic.[/quote]

2-4hrs/night, on top of extended day, and clubs/sports/music is a crazy amount of homework. 
Great for kids who want it and get handle it, though. [/quote]
Normal amount of homework. Pace your kid's extracurriculars![/quote]

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