American education
Stateside learning system
American education refers to the system of schooling in the United States, from elementary through higher education.
The phrase often appears in discussions of policy, reform, or international comparison: American education lags behind other developed nations in math scores.
It can carry either pride or criticism depending on context—celebrating opportunity and innovation, or lamenting inequality and declining standards.
- No Child Left Behind ActFederal education accountability law
- public schoolsGovernment-funded educational institutions
- achievement gapEducational performance inequality
- charter schoolsIndependent public education institutions
- liberal artsNon-vocational higher education
private schools · college prep · AP classes · school vouchers · digital divide · school spirit · Title IX · magnet schools · standardized testing · teacher shortages · Montessori method · community colleges · Pell Grants · student loans · parental involvement · report cards · grade point average · vocational schools
American educationclassical education
Greco-Roman intellectual training
rote learning · Montessori education · holistic education · national curriculum · autodidacticism
American educationvocational training
Job-skill education
guild system · trade schools · on-the-job training · technical education
America, American, Americans, Americanism, Americanize, Americanization, educate, educated, educating