K-12 education
Kindergarten through twelfth
K-12 education refers to the full span of primary and secondary schooling in the United States, from kindergarten through twelfth grade—typically ages five through eighteen.
The term appears in policy discussions, funding debates, and institutional contexts: K-12 education reform, a K-12 school district.
The hyphenated form functions as an adjective describing this educational range.
- kindergartenEarly schooling for youngsters
- classroomsEducational instruction spaces
- hall passStudent's corridor permit
- elementary schoolInstitution for young pupils
- principalsChief school administrators
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- California EducationUCLA, USC, Stanford, Caltech, UC Berkeley
- Education Policycurriculum reform, K-12, school reform, curriculum standards, school funding
- educational researchcase study, survey, experiment, data analysis, quantitative research
- Midwest EducationUniversity of Michigan, University of Wisconsin, Ohio State, Indiana University, Big Ten
- pedagogyteaching methods, teaching, teaching strategies, teaching models, teaching techniques
- Atlantic CanadaNova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Acadians, Bay of Fundy
K-12 educationhigher education
Post-secondary academic training
college · university · postsecondary education · graduate school · undergraduate education
K-12 educationunschooling
Self-directed home education
self-education · autodidacticism · homeschooling · self-taught · self-directed learning
K-12 educationadult education
Learning for mature students
continuing education · lifelong learning · professional development · workforce training · corporate training
educate, educated, educating, education, educational, educationally, educator, educators, educable