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My personal musings about anything that gets on my radar screen--heavily dominated by politics.

2005-05-09

Do You Wonder Why American Education Isn't Working?

A majority of high school students in the USA spend three hours or less a week preparing for classes yet still manage to get good grades, according to a study being released today by researchers who surveyed more than 90,000 high school students in 26 states.

Is it that students are lazy? Not Particularly. More like undisciplined.

Researchers also found that a higher proportion of students are likely to spend four or more hours a week doing personal reading online than doing assigned reading for their classes.

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