"According to the U.S. Department of Education, students in grades 7 to 9 can expect to spend up to 2 hours on homework each day; high school students often need to study more than 2 hours each day."

"68 percent of high school students at all levels cut classes, and 38 percent cut school altogether."

"89 percent of the heavy class-cutters and 80 percent of the most frequent truants had low and failing grades (D's and F's). Students with A and B+ grades were truant much less often."