Did you know?
- In the United States, school districts with the highest child poverty rates have $1,139 fewer state and local dollars to spend per student than the wealthiest districts.
- Among 18- to 24-year-old Americans given maps, 70 percent cannot find New Jersey and 11 percent cannot find the United States.
- In 2009, 90 percent of young adults ages 18-24 had completed high school with a diploma or an alternative credential such as a General Educational Development (GED) certificate.
- There are about 1.5 million elementary school teachers and 1.1 million secondary school teachers in the United States.
- The average amount spent on home schooling per child in the US is $450.
- Between 8 and 15 million children nationwide are unsupervised at the close of each school day.
- Only 23 men's teams in the 2005 65-team NCAA Tournament managed to graduate at least 50 percent of its student athletes.
- Experts say the average deaf child isn't introduced to English until age six, upon entering school.
- The 2004-05 academic year marks the second straight year of double-digit increases in the average cost of a four-year public college.
- About 3 percent of the school-age population in the United States was home-schooled during the 2002-2003 school year.
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