Sick children should stay home from school to protect themselves and their classmates and teachers.

Cramming the night before may make students feel unprepared and less confident in their knowledge of the material.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, roughly 6.4 million American children between the ages of four and 17 have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Approximately 26 million elementary and secondary school children ride school buses daily in the United States, traveling approximately 4 billion miles each year, with the vast majority of these miles are traveled without incident.