Education in the United States

ts and physical education. Among the academic subjects included in the curriculum arithmetic (sometimes - the initial algebra), writing, reading. Social and natural Sciences in primary school are studied little and often take the form of local lore. Features of education in the United States are such that the training largely consists of trips, art projects and entertainment. This form of learning came from the progressive education that emerged at the beginning of the twentieth century, which taught that children should learn through everyday activities and analysis of their consequences.
Secondary school.
Here are students from eleven to twelve to fourteen years. Every teacher teaches his subject. The curriculum includes English, mathematics, social and natural Sciences, physical education. Also, children can independently choose another or two classes of training for themselves: as a rule, these are subjects from the field of art, foreign languages and technology.
In high school, students begin to divide into streams: ordinary and advanced. Good-performing children gather in the "honorary" classes, in which all the material is passed faster and meet the increased requirements for training. However, such school education in the United States is now being criticized: many experts believe that the separation of well-performing and lagging behind pupils does not give an incentive for the latter to catch up.
High school.
This is the last stage of secondary education, including education in the ninth to twelfth grades. In high school, students are given more freedom to choose subjects to study. The minimum requirements established by the school Board are to obtain a diploma.
Higher education in the United States.
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