THE U.S. EDUCATION

*States have the biggest right and responsibility for education. It means that around 45% of governance and founding come from states. In addition, it is important to remenber that the U.S. has NO national curriculum like Japan, so each state has different curriculums.

 

<Compulsory Education>

Age 6-16 years old, for 10 years.

 

<Structure of the U.S. System>

*Public schools are divided into elementary and secondary schools and there are 3 common patterns how students spend time at schools.

(The current tend is toward the first pattern, because of believes of different levels of adolescence and all U.S. students have access to free public schools.)

*School day is 6.5 hours and school year is 180 days.

 

<School Schedule>

*2 semester system, Fall and Spring semesters

*School starts in Fall

The U.S. Education (In English)

Characteristics of the U.S. education (In Japanese)