Stats That Stick: June 6, 2012
It’s Wednesday, which means that in addition to being halfway through this week, it’s also time for your weekly dose of Stats That Stick! These are some statistics from the past week that caught our...
View ArticleStats That Stick: June 13, 2012
Time for those Stats That Stick! Here are a few of the statistics we’ve seen in the past week that deserve your attention!High school graduation rate of the class of 2009: 73 percent.U.S. News and...
View ArticleStats That Stick: June 20, 2012
Time for your weekly dose of Stats That Stick! Here are some of the articles and their statistics that stuck in our minds this week.Percent of 12th grade students who were able to explain results and...
View ArticleStats That Stick: July 5, 2012
It’s your weekly favor! Stats That Stick! Just like “Call Me Maybe,” we just can’t seem to get these out of our heads this week. Have any stats that you’ve seen and just can’t get unstuck? Leave them...
View ArticleStats That Stick: July 11, 2012
Here at High School Soup, we’re fans of the stickiest stats. Those pieces of data you just cannot get out of your brain. Here are three from the past week we’re still thinking about.Percentage of new...
View ArticleStats That Stick: July 18, 2012
The Stats! They stick! Go ahead, try to unstick them. We dare you. See? Impossible, right? Here is what has latched onto us this week.Number of times more likely a white student is to enroll in a...
View ArticleStats That Stick: August 2, 2012
There’s some kind of pun about “sticking the landing” and Stats That Stick that should probably be made, but we’re too mesmerized by medal counts to get the 10.0 on that joke today. Please, take these...
View ArticleStats That Stick: August 23, 2012
Here’s a brief list of things that are sticky: chewed gum, honey, super glue, molasses, duct tape, and the following statistics. Enjoy!Percentage of jobs lost by the least-educated in America from late...
View ArticleStats That Stick: August 29, 2012
These are stats. They stick. This post is aptly named, no?Number of California community college students on a waiting list at the beginning of the fall semester: 470,000. The Los Angeles Times...
View ArticleStats That Stick: September 6, 2012
Take a moment. Imagine it’s winter. You’re outside walking. It’s snowing. You come across a lamp post and contemplate whether the old stories about tongues sticking to icy cold lamp posts are true....
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