No wonder they're flunking the FCAT

As if grade inflation weren't bad enough.

Fully 43 percent of parents say they've done their kids' homework, according to a new national survey. And dads are either bigger suckers or more honest about it: 47 percent of them admitted it, while 39 percent of mothers did.

The survey by Ask.com and Kelton Research also found age and regional differences. Thirty-three percent of parents 18 to 24 say they've done their kids' homework, compared to 45 percent of parents 25 to 44. And in the South, 52 percent of parents say they did, compared to 36 percent nationally.

- Ron Matus, state education reporter