Group "brainstorming" makes each individual in the group less creative and doesn't work as efficiently as the same number of people working alone and then later pooling their ideas.
10
Japanese schools do not have proms.
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American school children rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
7
The founder of McDonald's has a Bachelor degree in Hamburgerology.
157
In Brazil, prison inmates can reduce their sentence by 4 days (up to 48 days a year) for every book they read and write a report on.
32
An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
32
In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
7