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100

The average amount of undergraduate student loan debt

"$37,172" (Hess)

100

The name given to the day after the spring time change

"Sleepy Monday" (Gallardo)

100

TIPS is the acronym for this interactive homework process

Teachers Involve Parents in Schoolwork (Voorhis)

100

Americans have reported an increase in social media usage since 2008 from 26% to this amount

"Around seven out of ten Americans (72%) use social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest, up from 26% in 2008" (Hampton et. al).

200

College graduates are more likely to have this provided to them by their employer

Health insurance (Hardy)

200

It was on this day that daylight savings time was first implemented

Mar. 31, 1918 (Klein)

200

Temple University professor Kathryn Hirsch-Pasek had this to say about young learners and homework

It is not the most effective tool for young learners to apply new information: “They’re learning way more important skills when they’re not doing their homework" (Coleman).

200

The average time spent on social media by users aged 16-64

1.72 hours (Mander)

300

Researchers at Georgetown found 99% of job growth between 2010 and 2016 went to people with these

Associate’s degrees, bachelor’s degrees, and graduate degrees (Carnevale et. al)

300

The estimated profits of the golf industry and the reason for it during one month of daylight savings time

"The golf industry reported that one month of DST was worth $200 to $400 million because of the extended evening hours golfers can play" (Handwerk).

300

He is responsible for bringing homework to America after encountering it in Prussia

Horace Mann (ThroughEducation)

300

Social media users often provide these pieces of information frequently used for account security verification that can be used for identity theft

"68% of social media users share their birth date publicly, 63% share their high school name, 18% share their phone number, 12% share a pet’s name" (Topping).

400

This cause is cited by most millennials as the primary reason for not owning a home

"20% of millennials are homeowners, and most millennials say their student debt has delayed home ownership by seven years on average" (National Association of Realtors).

400

In Spring Forward, author Michael Downing said this about baseball and daylight savings time

“Baseball [was] a huge early supporter, too, because there [was] no artificial illumination of parks, so [they could] get school kids and workers to ball games with the extended daylight, they have a later start time" (Downing).

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Students who spent this amount of time on their homework each day scored 40 points higher on the SAT-Mathematics subtest than their homework-less peers

31 to 90 minutes (Maltese et. al)

400

A Jan. 2015 study published in the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology said this about college freshman and social media

"College freshman should use social networking sites to build networks of new friends, feel socially integrated at their new schools, and reduce their risk of dropping out" (Junco).

500

According to a New Yorker article by Rebecca Mead, college teaches students to do this

“College teaches students to nurture critical thought; to expose individuals to the signal accomplishments of humankind; to develop in them an ability not just to listen actively but to respond intelligently" (Mead).

500

This is the primary reason for the delay in the removal of daylight savings clock changes until 2023

"The delay is meant to give airlines and other transportation providers time to adjust to the change as they set schedules months ahead of time" (Bolton).

500

This list of strategies to organize and complete homework showed increased grades and more positive comments on report cards

"Prioritizing homework activities, collecting study materials, note-taking, and following directions" (Shepard).

500

These two countries logged the most time on social media of any other country.

"With a daily average of 4 hours 1 minute, the Philippines logged the most time on social media of any other country, followed by Brazil at 3 hours 45 minutes" (Editorial Team).