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  2. Bildungsroman - Wikipedia

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    In literary criticism, a bildungsroman (German pronunciation: [ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːn], plural bildungsromane, German pronunciation: [ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːnə]) is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from childhood to adulthood (coming of age), [1] in which character change is important.

  3. Kindergarten - Wikipedia

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    The view of kindergarten education has changed significantly over time. Almost every rural area now has at least one kindergarten school, with most being run in the Bengali language. They also follow the textbooks published by the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) with slight modification, adding some extra books to the syllabus ...

  4. History of education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    It gave jobs to 50,000 teachers to keep rural schools open and to teach adult education classes in the cities. It gave a temporary jobs to unemployed teachers in cities like Boston. [170] [171] Although the New Deal refused to give money to impoverished school districts, it did give money to impoverished high school and college students. The ...

  5. GreatSchools - Wikipedia

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    GreatSchools is an American national nonprofit organization that provides information about PK-12 schools and education. The website provides ratings and comparison tools based on student growth, college readiness, equity, and test scores for public schools in the U.S. [1] As of July 2017, the GreatSchools database contains information for more than 138,000 public, private, and charter schools ...

  6. History of higher education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Shaping of American Higher Education: Emergence and Growth of the Contemporary System. (Jossey-Bass, 1998) Delbanco, Andrew. College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be (2012) online; Dorn, Charles. For the Common Good: A New History of Higher Education in America (Cornell UP, 2017) 308 pp; Dorn, Charles.

  7. Education in the Age of Enlightenment - Wikipedia

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    Universities in northern Europe were more willing to accept the ideas of Enlightenment and were often greatly influenced by them. For instance, the historical ensemble of the University of Tartu in Estonia, that was erected around that time, is now included in the European Heritage Label list as an example of a university in the Age of Enlightenment.

  8. Redshirting (academic) - Wikipedia

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    Redshirting originated as a term for a similar activity but occurring in college sports rather than kindergarten, where a redshirt was "a high-school or college athlete kept out of varsity competition for one year to develop skills and extend eligibility" and originated "from the red shirts worn in practice by such athletes". The term is an ...

  9. K–12 education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Typically, the curriculum in public elementary education is determined by individual school districts or county school system. The school district selects curriculum guides and textbooks that reflect a state's learning standards and benchmarks for a given grade level. The most recent curriculum that has been adopted by most states is Common ...