Education in the United States

Education in the United States
The development of education in the United States began in the first half of the seventeenth century. The life of the colonists who arrived in the country at that time was full of hardship and rather unsettled, but the first educational institutions began to open - they were both small schools and quite large educational centers. For example, the well-known Harvard University was founded in 1636.
Secondary education in America is predominantly public, it is financed by the state, Federal and local budgets. But the system of higher education in the United States is designed so that most universities operate on a private basis, so they seek to attract students from around the world.
Structure.
Depending on the state, the age and length of study vary. For children, education in the United States usually begins at the age of five to eight, and ends at the age of eighteen to nineteen. First, the American kids go to primary school and study in it until the fifth or sixth grade (depending on the school district). Then they go to a high school where they end up in eighth grade. The older, or senior, school is a ninth through twelfth grades.
Girls and boys who have completed their schooling in the United States can enter College. Having studied there for two years, they receive a degree that is equivalent to secondary special education in Russia. And you can go to College or University for four years and get a bachelors degree. Those who wish can then continue their studies even further and get a masters or doctors degree in two or three years.
Primary school.
Children aged from five to eleven-twelve years are trained here. As in Russia, all subjects are taught by one teacher, with the exception of music, visual ar