US Education Blog

In the US, more than in any other country, education plays a very important role in the development of individuals. Due to education, knowledge is valued above all by all generations.

In most part of the country ignorance was ended. According to the statistic data the illiteracy rate changed from 11.3 % in 1900 to 0.6 % in 1980, so altogether it was reduced on 11 %. More people could receive education than before. In 1990 ¾ of Americans aged 25 and older, finished high school, when in 1940 it was only ¼ . Moreover, in 1990 20 % graduated from a university. This growth in education contributed to the cultural development of the nation.

Education

In the United States, everyone can get education, starting from prekindergarten and finishing by graduate school. Institutions may be either private or state. Elementary and secondary education covers12 years of schooling, one who shows good results is offered to go to a high school.

Theoretically, the public education system is under control of local authorities. In reality, , mostly state institutions are in charge of school funding, academic standards, and curriculum. Each state has its own regulations when it comes to public education; it means that there are great variations within the states. Though there are of course a lot of similarities, as education is the object of national interest.

Public education is financed by three levels of government—local, state, and federal. Local school districts usually take property taxes, due to which public schools are financed. The today’s conflict concerning the problem of public schools lays in the fact that the level of the property tax rate is very high while the quality of education in schools leaves much to be desired. Plus, rich communities can pay more than the poorer ones, which leads to disproportion in the quality of education.

In the mid-17th, the time when public education was started, it was aimed to break down the differences in social classes. Public schools were established for representatives of all nationalities, classes, and religions.