Many U.S. high school students bored in class: survey
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A majority of U.S. high school students say they get bored in class every day, and more than one out of five has considered dropping out, according to a survey released on Wednesday.
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U.S. eighth-graders are gaining on their peers across the globe in science and math, but fourth-graders are being passed as their test scores remain stagnant, according to an international review of school performance.
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In a controversial social experiment, boys and girls go to school under the same roof but sit in separate classes.
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Boys who play video games on school days spend 30 percent less time reading and girls spend 34 percent less time doing homework than those who do not play such games, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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A new study examining the correlation between study time and GPA scores found that video games (or any other extra-curricular activity) can slightly reduce grade performance.
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Almost three-quarters of California&#39;s fifth-, seventh- and ninth-graders are out of shape, according to a new report by the state Department of Education.
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Education experts say children should be allowed to talk more in class.
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Teenagers questioned for a survey have shown little interest in politics - and have little knowledge.
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The public is a bit fickle about its schools, with mixed or even contradictory views about testing, vouchers and other education topics, a poll finds.
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Many teens do not get enough exercise and spend too much time in front of a television or computer screen. Yet, the few who are physically active do not
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The world has changed, but the American classroom, for the most part, hasn't. Now educators are starting to look at what must be done to make sure our kids make the grade in the new global economy
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US eighth-graders improved their test scores in science and math during the past eight years while fourth-graders&#39; performance dropped, a study of students in 46 countries shows.
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More than a third of US high-school students see the First Amendment as excessive, a survey suggests.
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Science education in U.S. elementary  and middle schools is overly broad and superficial, according  to a government report issued on Thursday that also faults  science curricula for assuming children are simplistic  thinkers.
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WASHINGTON - American teenagers are waiting longer to engage in sexual intercourse and an overwhelming majority of those who are sexually active report using contraception, according to a comprehensive, well-respected government survey released Friday.
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Many high school graduation tests don't measure whether students are ready for college or work, and some states haven't even made clear what the purpose of their test is, a study finds.
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Two years ago this week, over the lull of winter break, Rocco Repetski got bored the way high school juniors who happen to be math geniuses (and who happen to take interest in computer code) get bored. He wondered, why not design an online game?