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  2. Education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 December 2024. Education in the United States of America National education budget (2023-24) Budget $222.1 billion (0.8% of GDP) Per student More than $11,000 (2005) General details Primary languages English System type Federal, state, local, private Literacy (2017 est.) Total 99% Male 99% Female 99% ...

  3. List of countries by spending on education as percentage of ...

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    This list shows the government spending on education of various countries and subnational areas by percent (%) of GDP (1989–2022). It does not include private expenditure on education. It does not include private expenditure on education.

  4. Does the American education system really lag behind other ...

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    Numerade analyzed data from the OECD to see how the U.S. compares with the rest of the world in its academic performance.

  5. International rankings of the United States - Wikipedia

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    As of 2015, the Maternal mortality ratio was 46th lowest out of the countries ranked. (See Maternal mortality in the United States.). Among wealthy nations, a study on 2016 data found the United States ranked first for child deaths by automobile accident and firearm, with overall child mortality 57% higher in the U.S. than other high-income countries, although traffic deaths were decreasing.

  6. Educational attainment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The educational attainment of the U.S. population is similar to that of many other industrialized countries with the vast majority of the population having completed secondary education and a rising number of college graduates that outnumber high school dropouts. As a whole, the population of the United States is spending more years in formal ...

  7. List of countries by spending on education as percentage of ...

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    This list shows the spending on education of various countries as a percentage of total government spending. It is based on data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. [1] The UNESCO dataset does not specify whether education capital expenditures are included, or whether only recurrent expenditures were considered.

  8. Literacy in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The 2013 OECD report "First Results from the Survey of Adult Skills", which published the results of tests conducted in 2011 and 2012, said that the "skills of adults in the United States [had] remained relatively unchanged in the decade since the previous report, [clarification needed] while other countries have been showing improvements ...

  9. Achievement gaps in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States proposes including LGBT curriculum in school health and sex education classes. Their proposed curriculum would aim to teach students, over the course of their K–12 education, to understand sexual orientation as well as gender roles, and treat others with respect, among other ...