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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What's wrong with the teachers at T.C. Williams High School?
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TOKYO - The reading and mathematical skills of Japanese high school students have markedly declined in the past three years, according to an international student assessment test conducted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
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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 high school athletes are taking online classes. Does electronic ed work?
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By ERICKA MELLON,  mellone@knews.com  Sitting in an auditorium full of adults, Jay Barnes, a 13-year- old South-Doyle Middle School student with emotional troubles, raised his hand and asked a question only he could ask.
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A peek into the lives of American teens
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American eighth-graders improved their math and science scores on an international test last year, but fourth-graders&#39; scores were flat and all students
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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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While parents worry about picking up the pieces from the hurricane that killed 22 people in Florida, the children whose lives were upturned by Charley are dealing with another problem &#151; boredom.
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Memo to: Frustrated parents From: Health section staff At this point your teens may insist that their distractions enhance their studying. According to Poldrack, results from the UCLA study give researchers a good idea that active tasks -- involving "doing" processes, like counting beeps or singing...
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A study concluded that high school students are earning better grades, but their reading skills are not improving.
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It's a nickname no principal could be proud of: "Dropout Factory," a high school where no more than 60 percent of the students who start as freshmen make it to their senior year. That description fits more than one in 10 high schools across America.
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Large percentages of high school seniors are posting weak scores on national math and reading tests even though more of them are taking challenging courses and getting higher grades in school, two reports released Thursday show.
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NEW YORK  - Teenagers who usually fall into  bed at 2 am each night and get up a few hours later to make  their 8 am classes are putting themselves at risk for more than  chronic tiredness.
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Education experts say children should be allowed to talk more in class.
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First-year students whose roommates brought a video game player to college studied 40 minutes less each day on average, according to a new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research. Those 40 minutes of lost study time translated into first-semester grades that were 0.241 points lower on the 4.0 grade scale.