stephen king is the most banned author in u.s. schools. just 3 states have by far the most attempts to ban books: florida, tennessee, and texas.

students in nigeria must learn to convert numbers from decimal to binary, octal, and hexadecimal... in the 7th grade.

since 1971, the cost of a 4-year college education in the united states has risen 2,900%.

yes, really.

more than half of the college students in the united states majoring in science or engineering were born in another country.

38% of american citizens with doctorates in science or engineering were born in another country.

the united states currently ranks 17th among countries in the proportion of college students majoring in science and engineering.

in 1975, it was 3rd.

percentage of americans that americans think...
... have graduated from high school: 89%


actual percentage of americans who...
...have graduated from high school: 65%

according to a study by stanford university, first-generation male immigrants are more likely to have successful careers than u.s.-born males who do not finish high school.

according to a study by stanford university, u.s.-born men who didn't finish high school are the most likely demographic to go to prison.

college graduates are 1/3 as likely to have received food stamps at some point in their lives as those who have only received a high school diploma or who did not graduate from high school.

in march of 2022, gun manufacturer remington agreed to pay $73 million to kill a lawsuit over the company’s marketing of military-style weapons to the general public – specifically the bushmaster ar-15 - used by a gunman to kill children at the sandy hook elementary school in 2012.

a 2019 survey found that 56% of americans believe that arabic numerals should not be taught in u.s. schools.

(arabic numerals are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, etc.)

in 1953, a member of the indiana textbook commission tried to ban the teaching of robin hood because he robbed the rich and gave to the poor, which the commission member viewed as a communist practice.

the last school in the u.s. to be desegregated in the u.s. was cleveland high school in cleveland, mississippi. it happened in 2016, after decades in court.

2 out of 3 college students don't buy all of the textbooks that their classes require because they can't afford them.

 if you are a student at mit, cornell, or columbia, you have to pass a swimming test to graduate. 

1 in 3 children learn how to use a computer tablet before they can speak.

president jimmy carter's family farmed for more than 350 years. before president carter, no member of his father's family had ever finished high school.

1 in 6 americans are still paying back their student loans. that's 42 million people carrying a debt load of us$1.6 trillion-with-a-t.

benjamin franklin owned slaves until a friend took him to a school for black children, which convinced him to petition congress to end slavery.