What percentage of high schoolers work?

In 2020, around 17.6 percent of teenagers between ages 16 and 19 were employees while enrolled at school in the United States. This is a decrease from the previous year, when 19.2 percent of teenagers were working while at school.

What is the most important thing you learned in school not taught by a teacher?

Time Management. One of the most important things school doesn’t teach you is time management. School is a huge reason we have poor time management in the first place! Knowing how to better organize your life will save you hours of extra work, procrastination, and overall stress for your whole life!

Why do AP classes fail so many students?

The AP Program is growing too fast for all the new programs to be supported, especially at low-income schools, leading to more failed tests than anything else. As we’ve discussed in the past, the ultimate goal of taking an AP class is to pass the AP test at the end of the year —if you don’t, you’ve basically wasted the $92 you spent on the exam.

What happens if you don’t pass the AP test?

As we’ve discussed in the past, the ultimate goal of taking an AP class is to pass the AP test at the end of the year —if you don’t, you’ve basically wasted the $92 you spent on the exam. So it’s a problem if most of the AP growth in recent years comes from failed exams.

Do AP classes lead to rigid stultification?

In one blistering critique of AP classes in The Atlantic, a former teacher writes: “the AP program leads to rigid stultification.” He complains that by requiring so much material, AP classes lose depth and the opportunity for meaningful learning.

Do AP classes really teach critical thinking skills?

Another study, reported in KQED, finds that “AP courses don’t always teach critical thinking skills or allow students to explore topics more deeply. Instead, they often turn into a race to cover a wide expanse of information, some say.” Okay, this is a slight exaggeration, but you would be surprised at the size of some AP textbooks.