Education in the USA
Education in the USA
- The American system of school education differs from the systems in
other countries. There are state public schools, private elementary
schools and private secondary schools. Public schools are free and private
schools are fee-paying. Each state has its own system of public schools.
Elementary education
- Elementary education begins at the age of six or seven, when a child
goes to the first grade (form). At the age of sixteen schoolchildren
leave the elementary school and may continue their education at one
of the secondary schools or high schools, as they call them. The programme of studies in the elementary school includes English,
Arithmetic, Geography, History of the USA, Natural sciences and, besides,
Physical Training, Singing, Drawing, wood or metal work, etc. Sometimes
they learn a foreign language and general history.
Elementary education starts at the
age of 6 and continues till 10-11 years. Secondary education is provided
from the age 11 — 12. Intermediate school includes grades 6 through
9 for ages 11-12 up to 14—15. A senior high school may include grades
9—10 through 12. A senior high school may be comprehensive, general
or vocational. A comprehensive school offers a broad program of academic
and vocational education, a general school offers a more limited program.
A vocational school focuses on vocational training with some general
educational subjects
Ivy League
Brown
University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Harvard University,
Princeton University
University of Pennsylvania
Yale University
Harvard University
Harvard is the oldest institution
of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation (officially The President and Fellows of Harvard College) chartered in the country. Harvard's
history, influence, and wealth have made it one of the most prestigious
universities in the world
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic
conference composed of sports teams from eight private institutions
of higher education in the Northeastern United States.
The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools
as a group.
The Ivies have
been competing in sports as long as intercollegiate sports have existed
in the United States. Rowing teams from Harvard and Yale met in the
first sporting event held between students of two U.S. colleges on Lake
Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire, on August 3, 1852. Harvard's team,
"The Oneida", won the race and was presented with trophy black
walnut oars from then presidential nominee General Franklin Pierce.
Presidents
- Eight U.S. presidents ended Harvard University:
- John Adams - 2nd U.S. President
- John Quincy Adams - 6th President of the United States,
- Rutherford B. Hayes - 19th President of the United States,
- Theodore Roosevelt - 26th President of the United States,
- Franklin Roosevelt - 32nd President of the United States,
- John F. Kennedy - 35th President of the United States,
- George W. Bush - 43rd President of the United States,
- Barack Obama - 44th President of the United States;
Yale University
- Originally chartered as the "Collegiate School", the institution
traces its roots to 17th-century clergymen who sought to establish a
college to train clergy and political leaders for the colony.
In 1718, the College was renamed "Yale College" to honor a
gift from Elihu Yale, a governor of the British East India Company.
- In 2006, Yale and Peking University (PKU) established a Joint Undergraduate
Program in Beijing, an exchange program allowing Yale students to spend a
semester living and studying with PKU honor students.
- In 2007 outgoing Yale President Rick Levin characterized Yale's institutional
priorities: "First, among the nation's finest research universities,
Yale is distinctively committed to excellence in undergraduate education.
Second, in our graduate and professional schools, as well as in Yale
College, we are committed to the education of leaders.
- In July 2012, the Peking University-Yale University Joint Undergraduate
Program in Beijing ended due to weak participation
Dartmouth College
- Dartmouth College was established in 1769 by Congregational minister Eleazar Wheelock. After a long period of
financial and political struggles, Dartmouth emerged in the early 20th
century from relative obscurity. Dartmouth alumni, from Daniel Webster to the many donors in the 19th and
20th centuries, have been famously involved in their college