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2. Homeschooling in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Homeschooling constitutes the education of about 3.4% of U.S. students (approximately two million students) as of 2012. [needs update] The number of homeschoolers in the United States has increased significantly over the past few decades since the end of the 20th century.

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

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   There are (as of 2001) about 3.6 million children in each grade in the United States. [8] A fifth-grade class in Paramus, New Jersey, c. 1957. 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 ...

4. Secondary education in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The second is the ISCED upper secondary phase, a high school or senior high school for students ninth grade through twelfth grade. [2] There is some debate over the optimum age of transfer, and variation in some states; also, middle school often includes grades that are almost always considered primary school .

5. Homeschooling - Wikipedia

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   Some African-American families choose to homeschool as a way of increasing their children's understanding of African-American history – such as the Jim Crow laws that resulted in African Americans being prevented from reading and writing – and to limit the harm caused by the unintentional and sometimes subtle systemic racism that affects ...

6. School choice in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The most common type of school choice in the United States, measured both by the number of programs and by the number of participating students, are scholarship tax credit programs. These allow individuals or corporations to receive tax credits toward their state taxes in exchange for donations made to non-profit organizations that grant ...

7. History of education in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Segregation laws in the United States prior to Brown v. Board of Education. For much of its history, education in the United States was segregated (or even only available) based upon race. Early integrated schools such as the Noyes Academy, founded in 1835, in Canaan, New Hampshire, often were met with fierce local opposition.