CAMom, that is a genius idea to have the teachers swap homework. Two things happen: The teachers who are poor estimators are identified. And I think a teacher would be MUCH more likely to take a suggestion from another teacher about the workload level than from a kid or parent. We are nearing the end of this period (D1 in college, D2 a sophomore in high school), but I wish I had heard this idea 10 years ago so I could have suggested it to the head of our middle school!