Percent of children believed to be addicted to video games to the degree that it disrupts their ability to function socially, academically and in other ways: 8.5
Percent of parents with a gaming console who consider video-game playing a positive activity for their children: 63
Percent of video-game players who are adult women: 34
Percent who are boys, ages 12-17: 18
Average number of text messages sent or received each month by an American teen: 1,956
School Stats
Percent of U.S. school children who consider physical education their favorite subject: 26
Percent who feel the same way about a foreign language: 3
Percent of higher students who’ve had four or more years of a foreign language score on the reading, writing and math sections of the SAT, compared to students with a half year or less: 19
Percent of American high-school students who study any foreign language: 44
Percent of European high-school students who study at least one foreign language: More than 90
Percent of American children, ages 6-11, who take after-school lessons in such disciplines as dance, art, computers and religion: 33
Number of state legislators nationwide who visit classrooms each year to discuss the legislative process with students: More than 1,200
Number of years since they’ve been doing so under the America’s Legislators Back to School Program: 10
Source: 1UP, Marketingvox.com, The Oregonian, Scholastic, Early-advantage.com, Euractiv.com, Districtadministration.com, Infoplease.com, National Conference of State Legislatures
