http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/262299/How-much-homework-is-your-middle-school-getting-every-night-and-during-weekends I feel homework load is excessive. It is invading our private life and time. It refrain us from doing things we like to do as family. There are many studies (more than 180) that show that homework does not help our children. This burden makes children drop out of school earlier because they get so tired of living 13 hours a day doing school work that sometimes they see it as the easiest solution to this problem. The shocking thing is that parents struggle with this issue and do not complaint because they think it is normal. This is taken from: http://www.dial-a-teacher.com/homework_fr.html Grade Level Frequency of Assignments Total Daily Average (All Subjects) K - 1 Daily (5 days a week) 30 minutes 2 - 3 Daily (5 days a week) 45 minutes 4 - 5 Daily (5 days a week) 60 minutes 6 - 7 - 8 Daily (5 days a week) 75 minutes 9 - 12 Daily (5 days a week) 120 minutes Why my child have to spend 4 to 5 hours daily doing homework or projects? Please give me your feedback. Am I wrong? GreatSchools en-us toriboo95 im in 8th grade and i get TONS of homework!!it takes me about 5-6 hours to finish it!!even overthe weekends!! http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/262299/How-much-homework-is-your-middle-school-getting-every-night-and-during-weekends?cpage=1#comment_323256 5100.323256 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:58:59 -0800 lucy_421 Home schooling is a good way but not all people can do it- the good thing about it is that you can go your own pace in the books.:) http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/262299/How-much-homework-is-your-middle-school-getting-every-night-and-during-weekends?cpage=1#comment_300954 5100.300954 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:01:37 -0800 nickita i am in middle school harlem i would like to know my homework from yesterday and today because i was sick i have a vires. http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/262299/How-much-homework-is-your-middle-school-getting-every-night-and-during-weekends?cpage=1#comment_281211 5100.281211 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:22:09 -0800 annie60 You are right! My 7th grader's homework level is 2-3 hours weeknights, and 4 hours on a easier weekend. If he gets behind any day, the next evening is 4 ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/262299/How-much-homework-is-your-middle-school-getting-every-night-and-during-weekends?cpage=1#comment_272426 5100.272426 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:32:24 -0700 CMMSgirl4eva I can usually finish homework in the class its given.They always gives us a little time at the end of class, but we do have homework just about every night. ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/262299/How-much-homework-is-your-middle-school-getting-every-night-and-during-weekends?cpage=1#comment_270703 5100.270703 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:59:52 -0700 debrasuefitzge my daughter has homework every night even weekends its to much on them she is only in 6th grade. you think the teachers could give them a break every now ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/262299/How-much-homework-is-your-middle-school-getting-every-night-and-during-weekends?cpage=2#comment_268645 5100.268645 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:41:26 -0700 kid123 I usually spend three-four hours of doing homework even though I am in eighth grade. I can handle it with time management. http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/262299/How-much-homework-is-your-middle-school-getting-every-night-and-during-weekends?cpage=2#comment_263245 5100.263245 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:10:45 -0700