Speak about school education in the USA. Dwell on types of schools, stages, exams, curriculum, and problems.
American system of school education is rather developed complicated. Education in the United States is mainly provided by two sectors: the public sector and the private one. And first of all, I am going to speak about the public sector. Public education is free to all children living in the USA. It consists of pre-school education, elementary school, junior high school and high school, and the grade. Many Americans send their children to a nursery school, or pre-school at an early age. At 5 children go to kindergarten and begin their formal K-12 education.
Now, let me speak about elementary schools. The school year runs from early September to the following June. Students attend daily from Monday to Friday. The school day in elementary school usually lasts from about 8.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. Students spend most of the day with their class. The class is taught most of the time by the same teacher. A few times each week they will have a gym class or do music or art with another teacher. Students rarely have homework. The school day is divided into various sections and in the morning and the afternoon students have recess, a time when they can go outside and play, for about 15 minutes. The traditional subjects for …show more content…
One of the problems with the American education system is that it has yet to form a consensus about the role of religion in the classroom. While this is not a statement meant to argue whether or not religion has a valid place in the public schools, it is fair to state that this is certainly an area of contention as opposing sides attempt to standardize how religion is treated, particularly in