A recently-conducted AP-AOL Learning Services Poll had lots to say about American schoolchildren in grades K-12 - as well as their parents and teachers. In many cases, the opinions of the latter two groups were similar, but in others...well, let's just say there must be some highly contentious PTA meetings going on out there. In this installment of "By the Numbers," the Daily looks at the results of the poll, which were released late last week.
33 minutes Average amount of time high-income parents (earning $75,000+ annually) spend helping their children with homework per day46 minutes Average amount of time low-income parents (earning $25,000 or lower annually) spend helping their children with homework per day87% Teachers who say parents spend too little time helping their children with homework57% Parents who say they spend the "right" amount of time helping their children with homework
50 million Schoolchildren in the U.S.46% Teachers who say that a student or parent "has asked them to change a grade even if it wasn't deserved" 43% Parents who "say low expectations of students is a serious problem"54% Teachers who agree71% Teachers who say the best way to gauge academic success is through class work and homework (as opposed to tests)63% Parents who agree
88 minutes Average amount of time spent by public school students on homework per day110 minutes Average amount of time spent by non-public school students on homework each day 96 minutes Average amount of time girls spend doing homework each day87 minutes Average amount of time boys spend doing homework each day
6 in 10 Girls who earn primarily As and Bs5 in 10 Boys who earn primarily As and Bs7% Girls who earn primarily Cs and Ds13% Boys who earn primarily Cs and Ds
1 English's rank on teachers' list of "subjects students should study more in school"2 English's rank on parents' list (math was number one)
1,085 Parents of children in grades K-12 polled810 Teachers of children in grades K-12 polled The information cited above comes from the Associated Press and the Washington Post.
