2. • Education in the United States is provided
by public, private and home schools.
3. First
• Private schools are generally free to determine
their own curriculum and staffing policies,
with voluntary accreditation available through
independent regional accreditation
authorities, although some state regulation
can apply.
4. Second
• The United States spends more per student on
education than any other country. In 2014, the
Pearson US education as 14th best in the
world, just behind Russia. In 2015,
the Programme for International Student
Assessment rated U.S. high school students
No.
5. History
• Government-supported and free public
schools for all began to be established after
the American Revolution. Between 1750 and
1870 parochial schools appeared as "ad
hoc" efforts by parishes.
6. Education stages
• 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.
Children are assigned into year groups known as
grades.
7. Other languages
• In 2015, 584,000 students in Puerto Rico were taught
in Spanish, their native language.
• The Native American Cherokee Nation instigated a 10-year
language preservation plan that involved growing new fluent
speakers of the Cherokee language from childhood on up
through school immersion programs as well as a collaborative
community effort to continue to use the language at home. In
2010, 84 children were being educated in this manner.
