Education Facts

Actor Mark Wahlberg, a school dropout, got his High School Diploma at 42, as an example for his kids.

If a student at MIT completes archery, pistol shooting, sailing, and fencing, they are awarded a Pirate Certificate.

For more than ten hours a day, Chinese children study.

Every day and not just once a day) schools in China practice warm-ups and do a general lineup.

53 percent of the out-of-school children in the world are girls and 2/3 of the world's illiterate people are women.

An EMO, or charter chain school, is involved in approximately 35 percent of charter schools.

Many states allow public schools, if they wish to move to charter schools.

As of 2016, 33 states allow charter schools, by using taxpayer funds, to be run for profit.

Almost 15% of children in Arizona attend charter school, far more than in any other state.

Charter schools do not charge enrollment because they are state-funded.