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1、MODULE 1 My First Day at Senior HighEducation in the United States Education in the United States is mainly provided by the public sector, with control and funding coming from three levels: federal, state, and local. Child education is compulsory. Public education is universally available. School cu
2、rricula（课程）, funding, teaching, employment, and other policies are set through locally ele cted school boards with jurisdiction over school districts with many directives from state legislatures. School districts are usually separate from other local jurisdictions, with independent officials and bud
3、gets. Educational standards and standardized testing decisions are usually made by state governments.来源:Z,xx,k.Com The ages for compulsory education vary by state. It begins from ages five to eight and ends from ages fourteen to eighteen. Compulsory education requirements can generally be satisfied
4、by educating children in public schools, state-certified private schools, or an approved home school program. In most public and private schools, education is divided into three levels: elementary school， middle school (sometimes called junior high school), and high school (sometimes referred to as
5、secondary education). In almost all schools at these levels, children are divided by age groups into grades, ranging from kindergarten (followed by first grade) for the youngest children in elementary school, up to twelfth grade, the final year of high school. The exact age range of students in thes
6、e grade levels varies slightly from area to area. Post-secondary education, better known as “college“ in the United States, is generally governed separately from the elementary and high school system, and is described as a separate section.美国教育在美国，教育主要由公共部门来提供，管理、资金来自三个层面：联邦、州和地方。孩子 们的教育是义务教育。公共教育普遍
7、地都能够得到。学校的课程、资金、教学、人事 招聘和其他政策都是通过当地选出的带有州议会对学校管辖权 的董事会来确定的。学校通常与其他的当地管辖权是分开的， 有着独立的公职人员和预算。教育标准和标准化的测试通常都 是由州政府来制定。义务教育阶段的年龄因州而异。这个年龄开始于 5 到 8 岁，结 束于 14 到 18。来源:学*科*网 Z*X*X*K义务教育的要求一般是由公立学校、州认证的私立学校 或者是经过批准的家庭和学校的有关方案来测评。在大 部分公立学校和私立学校里，教育被分为 3 个级别：基 础学校、初级学校（有时候被称作 “junior high school” ）和中等学校（有时候被称作“secondary education” ） 。在几乎都属于这些水平的学校里，孩子们 根据年龄而划分为年级，从为最小年龄服务的幼儿园 （之后是一年级）到 12 年级，这是 high school 的最后一年。这个年龄段的孩子们的年龄不同的地区稍有不同。来源:Z|xx|k.Com来源:学科网来源:学&科&网 Z&X&X&K大专教育，在美国以college 而更加闻名，通常是与初等和 中等学校系统分开管理，被描述为一个独立的阶段。
