1. Education System in the US

2. History
● Government-supported and free public schools
for all began to be established after the
American Revolution
● America saw Europe as a model for education
due to its established private and public school
systems and institutions

3. History Cont´d
● Gradually by the late 1890s, regional associations of high
schools, colleges, and universities were being organized to
coordinate proper accrediting standards, examinations, and
regular surveys of various institutions to assure equal
treatment in graduation and admissions requirements, course
completion and transfer procedures.
● By 1910, 72 percent of children attended school. Private
schools spread during this time, as well as colleges and — in
the rural centers. Between 1910 and 1940 the high school
movement resulted in rapidly increasing public high school
enrollment and graduations. By 1930, 100 percent of children
attended school

4. History Cont´d
● In 1975, the Education for All Handicapped Children
Act established funding for special education in
schools.
● The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
made standardized testing a requirement
● The No Child Left Behind Act passed in 2002, provides
federal aid to the states in exchange for measures to
penalize schools that are not meeting the goals as
measured by standardized state exams in
mathematics and language skills.

5. Stages
● In the U.S., ordinal numbers (e.g., first grade)
are used for identifying grades. Typical ages
and grade groupings in public and private
schools may be found through the U.S.
Department of Education.
● Generally there are three stages: elementary
school (K–5th/6th grade), middle school
(6th/7th–8th grades) and high school (9th–12th
grades) before college

6. Preschool (Pre-K)
● Stands for Pre-Kindergarten
● 3–5 (age range at the beginning
of the academic year)
¨Show and Tell¨, time out, ¨use
your words¨
Emphasizes individuality

7. Kindergarten
● From 5 to 6 years old- held in a Nursery School
and/or some primary schools; in many parts of world
it´s referred to as one of the first stages of formal
education
● From German, which literally means "garden for the
children") is a preschool educational approach
traditionally based on playing, singing, practical
activities such as drawing, and social interaction as
part of the transition from home to school

8. Elementary School
● Main point of delivery of primary education in
the United States, for children between the
ages of 4–14 and coming between pre-
kindergarten and secondary education
● Usually from K-5th grade
● In the same classroom all day and one teacher
teaches every subject

9. Elementary School
● Kindergarten 5–6
● 1st grade 6–7
● 2nd grade 7–8
● 3rd grade 8–9
● 4th grade 9–10
● 5th grade 10–11
● 6th grade 11–12

10. Elementary School
● Focuses on basic academic learning and socialization skills,
introducing children to the broad range of knowledge, skill
and behavioral adjustment they need to succeed in life
● Students learns basic arithmetic and sometimes rudimentary
algebra in mathematics, English proficiency (such as basic
grammar, spelling, and vocabulary), and fundamentals of
other subjects
● Learning standards are identified for all areas of a curriculum
by individual states
● The No Child Left Behind Act has mandated that standards
exist at the state level

11. Middle School
● Entering secondary education
● Students begin to enroll in class schedules where they
take classes from several teachers in a given day
● The classes are usually a set of four or five core
academic classes (English or "language arts," science,
mathematics, history or "social studies," and in some
schools, foreign language) with two to four other
classes,
● Electives introduced

12. Middle School/ Junior High School
● 6th grade 11–12
● 7th grade 12–13
● 8th grade 13–14

13. High School
● Grades 9-12
● Students have significant control of their education, and
may choose even their core classes, although the
control given to students varies from state to state and
school to school
● The schools are managed by local school districts
rather than by the central government
● Graduation from high school leads to the awarding of
the high school diploma. After this, secondary education
is considered complete

14. High School
● Freshman/9th grade 14–15
● Sophomore/10th grade 15–16
● Junior/11th grade 16–17
● Senior/12th grade 17–18

15. Steele Canyon High School

17. Choices After High School
● Students completing high school may choose to attend a college or
university, which offers undergraduate degrees such as Associate's
degrees or Bachelor's degrees (baccalaureate).
● Community college or junior college typically offer two-year associate
degree. Some community college students choose to transfer to a four-
year institution to pursue a bachelor's degree. Community colleges are
generally publicly funded (usually by local cities or counties) and offer
career certifications and part-time programs.
● Four-year institutions may be public or private colleges or universities

18. What´s Needed To Get Accepted
Into College
● Students must earn at least a 3.0 weighted
GPA for admission as getting into college is
very competitive and colleges receive over
90,000 applications a year
● Take ACT/SAT
● Entry level exam usually required to gage
students´proficiency in certain subjects

19. SDSU

20. College (University)
● Also referred to as Undergraduate Studies
● First Year: "Freshman Year" 18–19
● Second Year: "Sophomore Year" 19–20
● Third Year: "Junior Year" 20–21
● Fourth Year: "Senior Year" 21–22

21. College Cont´d
● Typically, an undergraduate student will be able to
select an academic "major" or concentration, which
comprises the main or special subjects, and students
may change their major one or more times
● First two years are ¨general education¨ or ¨lower
division¨ classes which comprise of classes in all
subjects to round out students´education
● Last two years are ¨upper division¨classes or major
classes plus upper division humanities

22. Bachelor´s Degrees
● We´re awarded bachelor's degrees with Latin honors : cum
laude ("with honor/praise"), magna cum laude ("with great
honor/praise"), summa cum laude ("with highest
honor/praise"), and the occasionally seen maxima cum laude
("with maximal honor/praise")
● Requirements for such notations of honors generally include
minimum grade point averages (GPA), with the highest
average required for the summa distinction and making the
Dean´s List

23. Grading Scale
● A B C D or F
● A+ A A– B+
100.0–7.0 96.9–93.0 92.9–90.0 89.9–87.0
B B- C+ C
86.9–83.0 82.9–80.0 79.9–77.0 76.9–73.0
C- D+ D D-
72.9–70.0 69.9–67.0 66.9–63.0 62.9–60.0
F
59.9–0.0

24. Graduate Studies
● Some students, typically those with a
bachelor's degree, may choose to continue on
to graduate school
● Graduate degrees may be either master's
degrees (e.g., M.A., M.S., M.B.A., M.S.W.) or
doctorate degrees (e.g., AuD, Ph.D., J.D.,
("Doctor of Law"), M.D.)

25. Costs for Higher Education
● The mean annual total cost (including all costs
associated with a full-time post-secondary schooling,
such as tuition and fees, books and supplies, room and
board), as reported by collegeboard.com for 2010
● Public university (4 years): $27,967 (per year)
Private university (4 years): $40,476 (per year)
● Total, four-year schooling:
Public university: $111,868
Private university: $161,904