You may at first think of a lazy teenager when you here these words, but in reality, many parents of children in the Broward County School System are complaining that their children have too much homework assigned to them on a daily basis. With 6 hours of learning time in school, add on top of that 3-4 hours of homework each night, and over 8 hours of homework on the weekends, you can begin to see the hours add up to more than full time job. Want to fit in family time or sports? Unless you want your grades to slip, it is unlikely a normal child would be able to balance sports, school and family. A reasonable concern for parents? Of course!
Books and school aside, much of practical learning is also done outside of the classroom, but with no time outside from homework, school hours, and sleep, it is not likely any child in Broward County will see too much outside learning during the school year.
So Broward County parents, keep up the fight to have your children’s time back. Besides, how can you even try to have a conversation with your child during dinner if he or she has her math or science book open in the meantime?
New guidelines were recently developed, but guidelines are just guidelines…and who knows what will happen from there. The new guidelines set by the Broward County School Board gives a basis of 10 minutes of homework per grade level. So 60 minutes for a 6th grader, and up to 2 hours for a senior in high school. The guidelines also urge teachers to somehow be sure not to schedule large projects in different subjects at the same time.
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