American Education

- devided into 2 part:

- general education (for children below 18)
- higher education ( for adults over 18)
- They do not have a national education system all educational matters are left to the induvidual
states.
- Each of the 50 states set its own requirements.
- Attending school is compulsory up to the age of 16
- It begins with kindergarden (age 4 or 5)
- Then they go to grade 1 (first grade) and from it they go to grade 12, this is called K-12 system
- K-12 system is free and the schools which are using this system are called public schools
- In the USA public schools are ’schools that are open to the public’
- the lowest level of education is called elementary school: grade 1-4 or 1-6
- the next level is middle school: grade 5-8 or 7-9
- the highest level of public school system is the high school: grade 9-12 or 10-12
- most of the children in the USA attend public schools
- private schools in the USA are also called sectarian schools-> founded and maintained by religious
denomination
- For higher education, students have to pay a large amounts of tution fee especially in colleges and
universities
- Few scholarships are available for special athletes or very poor students.
- Over 4000 colleges and universities can be found in the USA
- Despite the high tution most of the students out of high schools attend universites and colleges
- College -> Bachelor Degree
- University-> Master’s Degree and PhD