<p>Another thing to keep in mind is that some AP’s take a semester long college course and stretch it out over an entire year of high school. So kids who do Calculus AB as a yearlong course, or who only cover either the micro or macro sections of economics may indeed have a course that actually requires less work per night than the equivalent college course.</p>
<p>Epiphany, you may be right that Kindy homework makes up for poor teaching, but I’ve heard comments from both teachers and parents that they want more homework in the early grades to get kids used to doing homework.</p>