American education system

KOKAND BRANCH OF TASHKENT STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY NAMED AFTER ISLAM KARIMOV
" ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRO MECHANICS" faculty
13 - 21- group student
Soliyev Javohirbek
“English language ”
American Education System

AMERICAN EDUCATION SYSTEM

Operation of American Schools

• The federal government does not control public schools.
• Each state sets some basic guidelines, but most control is local
• Each state is divided into school districts. Every school district controls the hire of teachers, decides on textbooks to be used, and controls school finances.
• Wisconsin, a state of 170,000 km2 has 426 school districts. Each school district has multiple primary schools, middle schools and high schools.

• Education is compulsory for all students until 16 to 18 depending on the state. 
• Students that leave school before they graduate are called

“drop-outs” because they “drop out” of school.

Types of Schools

Public Schools:

• Provide 12-years of education commonly referred to as “K-12”
• Free and paid for mostly by state taxes.
• Prohibited from offering any religious instruction, due to the “separation of church and state”

found in the First Amendment to the US Constitution.
Private Schools:

• Independent schools that are not controlled by any government and are not paid for by taxes
• Not free, usually quite expensive
• Many are run by churches or religious orders, these are known as parochial schools.

Home schooling:

• Children are educated in the home by parents or paid tutors.
• In most states students must pass state exams to earn diploma or diploma equivalent
• Why home school?

K-12 and After

• K-12 divided into three school levels: elementary school (K-5), middle school (6-8) and high school (9-12)

• Children usually start at age 5 in kindergarten (German for “children’s garden”)
• Children may attend nursery school at ages 3 or 4 where emphasis is put more on social development than education (these schools are not free)