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  2. Elementary schools in the United States - Wikipedia

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    These programs also focus on developing skills in classroom management, differentiation to meet diverse learning needs, and effective communication strategies with students, parents, and colleagues. Certification standards for teachers are determined by individual states, with individual colleges and universities determining the rigor of the ...

  3. Five themes of geography - Wikipedia

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    Every site on Earth has a unique absolute location, which can be identified with a reference grid (such as latitude and longitude). Maps and globes can be used to find location and can also be used to convey other types of geographical information. Map projections are used to represent the three-dimensional Earth on a two-dimensional map.

  4. Class arrangement - Wikipedia

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    Class arrangement is thought to affect the student engagement, focus and participation. [2] Some research suggests that seating location is related to academic achievement and classroom participation, and class arrangement has the ability to affect the communal environment within the room.

  5. Secondary education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Grades in American schools range from A (90% to 100%) to F (59% and below), excluding E. To pass a class and receive a credit for it, students usually need to receive a grade between A to D, or 100% to 60%. F, or 59% and below would be failing and students wouldn't receive credit for the class.

  6. 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 6 January 2025. 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% ...

  7. List of tallest educational buildings - Wikipedia

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    7 Wabash Building Roosevelt University: Chicago: United States: 143m 469 ft 32 2012 South Loop: The Wabash Building is the second-tallest higher-education building in the United States and the sixth tallest in the world. [7] 8 Guang Hua Tower Fudan University: Shanghai: China: 142m 465 ft 30 2005 Yangpu: The tallest educational-use building in ...

  8. Normal schools in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Normal schools in the United States in the 19th century were developed and built primarily to train elementary-level teachers for the public schools. The term “normal school” is based on the French école normale, a sixteenth-century model school with model classrooms where model teaching practices were taught to teacher candidates.

  9. Teacher - Wikipedia

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    Sudbury model democratic schools' proponents argue that a school that has good, clear laws, fairly and democratically passed by the entire school community, and a good judicial system for enforcing these laws, is a school in which community discipline prevails, and in which an increasingly sophisticated concept of law and order develops ...