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What was the purpose of the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) passed in 1958?
To improve teaching and learning in science, mathematics, and foreign languages
What was the impact of the academic excellence movement on homework in the 1960s?
It promoted creative problem-solving and analytical thinking through homework
What was the percentage of high-school juniors doing two or more hours of homework a night in 1962?
23%
Why did the counterculture movement of the late 1960s impact homework levels?
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What was the main concern highlighted in the report 'A Nation at Risk' during the early 1980s?
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What was the average weekly time spent on homework by U.S. high school students as per a 2016 analysis?
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How did the second-wave academic excellence movement under Reagan differ from the one in the 1950s and 1960s?
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What prompted the second academic excellence push under the Reagan administration in the early 1980s?
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What characterized the homework movement of the 1980s according to Schlossman?
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In what year did high-schoolers spending two or more hours on homework daily drop below 10 percent?
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