How are public schools in the US organized?
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You have Kindergarten as the lowest grade. Then 1st, 2nd, ect.. all the way up the the 12th grade. Then you graduate, and maybe go to college. Grades K-5 are Elementary School, 6-8 are Middle school, and grades 9-12 are High school. :)
1119011
The public schools are doing exactly as the parents demand. The problem is NONE OF THE PARENTS GET INVOLVED! I tried to revive the Home-School Association at my daughters school. Out of 700 students Home school never had more than 5 parents show up EVER! The teachers have their share of blame, but us parents must also stand up and take our responsibility as well! If a school of 700 students had half the parents interseted enough to show up to Home-School every month Alot more would be accomplished. The teachers are with your child 30 hours a week --- the parents are with the child much more than that. The teachers are appathetice because the parents are lethargic.
550851
I can't give you a definitive number, but it would have to be in the hundreds of thousands. There are 50 states. Each state would have dozens to a hundred counties/parishes and each county/parish would have between 1 and 50 school districts. Each district would have one high school. This does not include the private schools.
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I'm a public school band director from Georgia...here's your answer:\n\nAt private schools, teachers are more relaxed because they have less troublesome students. There are virtually no fights are problems of this kind, because parents are PAYING to have their kids go to private school. Therefore, more work gets done each day. I used to teach at a private middle school by the way.\n\nAt public schools, you have your good kids, your bad kids.....ones that do what they're supposed to and the ones that get in trouble every week. Also, the public schools have to abide by many many many many state regulations or people can lose their jobs. This is a very basic answer but its one you can easily understand. Schools need more days to handle these kind of things, and also because its harder to educate and entire class to specifications because of the new "No Child Left Behind" Act of 2001. Ask a teacher about that. \n\nI could answer further but I don't want to bore you. There's your basic answer. Hope this helps!
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I would organize by school district.\n\nElementary Teacher - Happytown School District\nSept 2006 - Present\n- talk \n- about\n- your\n- current \n- job\n\nElementary Teacher - Smileville School District\n2001 - 2006\n- Taught and created lessons and units for students in Grade 1 and Grade 2\n- Provided support for students with various special needs (behavioural, social, cognitive) in Grade 3, 4 and 5\n- Worked in both urban and rural schools [or something else to indicate you worked in two schools and adapted to their differences]\n- talk\n- more\n- about\n-  your\n- job
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Charter schools are publicly funded elementary or secondary schools that have been freed from some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools, in exchange for some type of accountability for producing certain results, which are set forth in each charter school's charter. The charter school movement in the United States began in 1988, when Albert Shanker, President of the American Federation of Teachers, called for the reform of the public schools by establishing "charter schools". I attended a charter school from 5th grade to 9th grade. It was rather small and provided me with one on one learning. It was nice being in a small school and knowing everyone. It was a great school.
57517
School districts set their own calendars. You would have to ask the school board for the district that question. Here, usually the kids are out that day, but the teachers have to work.
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The principal runs the school. He or she must:\n\nMake serious decisions on how the school is run\n\nMeet with teachers to make sure they are doing what they should\n\nKeep the behavior of students in check, discipline those behaving out of line\n\nKeep the school organized, keep up with tardies and the climate of the school\n\nMeet with parents to discuss their student's behavior or progress\n\nRepresent the school in the Board of Education Meeting\n\nMake proposals to the government for savings bonds\n\nPatrol the school and make sure nothing is out of line\n\nAct as a role model for the students and nurture the school's climate.\n\nIf you're going to be principal for a day or something, or put of a paper, you're in trouble!
36715
Perhaps a given school, but generally there is a special school where they send all the **** ups that can't keep it together in the regular school (at least, that's the case in a large district).
330664
your question is a little vague.  Is the office you refer to a government office, a  school office, what?
337167
since the american school system was founded by the church and seperation of church and state is a myth...I am for religon in school!
268796
Well public school is fun most times. There are some really nice teachers and some not so nice. There are a bunch of people there to become friends with too. I love the way my school system is set up. The teachers tend to use things to relate to what you are learning. The bad thing is that sometimes in public schools there are a lot of bad influences like druggies and people like that. There are also people who like to gossip. Sometimes they start rumors about you that really hurt you. but if you have friends they will help you through that stuff. Hope this helps.
809224
You first have to find out how many of these schools are in the US. Try the us gov. web site. Good Luck.
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Most elementary school records are maintained by the school district that the school belongs to.  Some school districts have a way to access this information online, but many (most?) do not.  Contact your elementary school administrative office (in person or by telephone) to check this information, and to inquire whether this information is accessible online.
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Order is necessary.  Without order the purpose of schools could not be achieved: education.
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Congress established the U.S. Department of Education (ED) on May 4, 1980, in the Department of Education Organization Act (Public Law 96-88 of October 1979). Under this law, ED's mission is to:\n\n    *\n\n      Strengthen the Federal commitment to assuring access to equal educational opportunity for every individual;\n    *\n\n      Supplement and complement the efforts of states, the local school systems and other instrumentalities of the states, the private sector, public and private nonprofit educational research institutions, community-based organizations, parents, and students to improve the quality of education;\n    *\n\n      Encourage the increased involvement of the public, parents, and students in Federal education programs;\n    *\n\n      Promote improvements in the quality and usefulness of education through Federally supported research, evaluation, and sharing of information;\n    *\n\n      Improve the coordination of Federal education programs;\n    *\n\n      Improve the management of Federal education activities; and\n    *\n\n      Increase the accountability of Federal education programs to the President, the Congress, and the public.
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The main reason I beleive is Population Levels. If you look at states like Montana, Wisconsin, and so forth, they dont have nearly as much population as lets say LA, or New York. While schools in low population states have less students with a good amount of teachers, schools here in LA and other major cities are stuffed with students, and very few teachers. So whats the best choice the government has?. Well different types of education, for different type of regions. More text work for big  classes, more teacher friendly approach to classes with less students. which in turn means less money spent, less paper work, more time to concentrate on education.