Formal education in the U.S. is divided into a number of
distinct educational stages. Most children enter the public
education system around ages five or six. They begin in
pre-kindergarten, kindergarten or first grade. Normally attend 12
grades of study over 12 calendar years of primary/elementary and
secondary education before graduating, earning a diploma=> makes
them eligible for admission to higher education. Mandatory until
age 16. Generally: - 5 years of primary (elementary) school - 3
years of middle school - 4 years of high school
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- may choose to attend a college or university, which offer
undergraduate degrees such as Associate's degrees or Bachelor's
degrees - Community college or junior college typically offer
two-year associate's degrees - Four-year institutions may be public
or private colleges or universities. - Some counties and cities
have established and fund four-year institutions; examples include
the City University of New York, City Colleges of Chicago, and San
Francisco City College. - Curriculum varies widely depending on the
institution. - may choose to continue on to graduate or
professional school, sometimes attached to a university. -Graduate
degrees may be either master's degrees (e.g., M.A., M.S., M.B.A.,
M.S.W.) or doctorates (e.g., Ph.D., J.D., ("Doctor of Law"),
M.D.,D.O.).
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- In K-12 education, sometimes students who receive failing
grades are held back a year and repeat coursework. - Of students
who were freshmen in 2005 seeking bachelor's degrees at public
institutions, 32% took four years, 12% took five years, 6% took six
years, and 43% did not graduate within six years. The numbers for
private non-profit institutions were 52% in four, 10% in five, 4%
in six, and 35% failing to graduate. - Many graduate students do
not start professional schools immediately after finishing
undergraduate studies
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- Public (free) education is typically from kindergarten to
grade 12 and is thus referred to as K-12. - children to either a
public or private institution(Approximately 85% of students enter
the public schools) - Most children begin elementary education with
kindergarten (usually five to six years old) and finish secondary
education with twelfth grade (usually eighteen years old). - About
half of the states encourage schools to recite the Pledge of
Allegiance to the flag.
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- classroom-based early childhood education program for
children below the age of six in the United States, either
delivered through a preschool or as a reception year in Elementary
school.
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- Elementary school includes kindergarten through fifth grade.
- Typically, the curriculum in public elementary education is
determined by individual school districts. - In general, a student
learns basic arithmetic and sometimes rudimentary algebra in
mathematics, English proficiency and fundamentals of other
subjects.
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- Secondary education is often divided into two phases, middle
or junior high school and high school. - "Middle school" usually
includes sixth, seventh and eighth grade - "Junior high" may
include any range from sixth through ninth grades.
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- (occasionally senior high school) usually runs from 9th or
10th through 12th grades. Students in these grades are commonly
referred to as freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors.
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I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of
America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under
God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Honor the Texas
flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one
and indivisible
