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Study habits revealed
New survey results indicate 55 percent of high school students (survey respondents) spend three hours or less per week on homework, readings, rehearsing or other school assignments. “Students devoted more time to personal reading online than to assigned readings for their classes,” said Martha McCarthy, High School Survey Student Engagement director and Chancellor’s Professor in the School of Education at IU Bloomington. The national survey, completed in April by 90,530 students from 103 high schools in 26 states, takes a look at a variety of student issues. Take a closer look at the survey’s findings:

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