There’s a Swedish power metal band called “Sabaton” who teach history through their music, including an album devoted to teaching about World War Two.
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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.
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In 2014, a college in upstate New York started offering classes on the sociology of Miley Cyrus.
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Eminem repeated the 9th grade three times.
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In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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