About half got free Wrigley's sugar-free gum to chew during class, homework and tests. They chewed at least one stick of gum 86 percent of the time they were in math class and 36 percent of the ...

Gum should be allowed at school because it has been proven to help kids focus and become better students. Chewing gum helps your memory improve and it also helps you focus while you're studying.

Before bubble gum, public chewing (other than food) was typically associated with tobacco -- an adult act. "Chewing gum in school was an act of defiance," Thompson says.

Pros and cons of kids chewing gum Clinical studies have demonstrated that chewing sugarless gum for 20 minutes after eating can prevent tooth decay.

But a team led by Craig Johnston at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston found that students who chewed gum during math class had higher scores on a standardized math test after 14 weeks and better ...