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  • I am a college student doing a project on American education. I listed these questions and am curious of your answers. All the schools are referring to average public schools. Your answers can be based on your knowledge as a parent or something you heard from a friend or read in the news. Your answers can be true nationally or just locally (please specify your geography). Thank you! 1. What do children learn at elementary schools in general? (e.g basic math, reading, writing, social skills?) 2. How many hours do students spend in school per week? Does it change as the kid proceeds into higher grade? 3. Are there any areas that the elementary schools specifically are concerned about? (do they have a huge emphasis on science? Sports?) 4. How many students are there in one class? What is the teacher/student ratio? Does it change as the kid proceeds into higher grade? 5. What is the average parents' involvement with the teachers that the school expects? Does it change as the kid proceeds into higher grade? 6. What is the tuition per quarter? Does it change as the kid proceeds into higher grade? 7. How much do you think parents in average families spend on their kid's education outside of school? (such as on piano lessons,etc.)

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    I'll tell you about the elementary school I went to since it's the only one I know. This should apply to my entire district as well as average public elementary school. 1. Other than basic knowledge over the core courses (math, science, english and social studies) they give you opportunities to explore interest in a variety of electives. We didn't choose our classes in elementary school, they determine everything for us and art, p.e., and music were all included into everybody's classes. All three alternated days throughout the week but P.E. was the most important as they felt it was vitual for kids to be physically healthy. They also stress social interactions, public awareness and good manners. Teachers were strict on language (you can't say something sucks, only something stinks). They have police officers come to talk about crime, drugs, etc. They also felt it was really important that everyone interacted socially so the school planned a lot of events like Buddy Fun Day, an annual inter-school football game (all upperclassment had to either play or cheer) and a formal Dance. They were all required and free so that everyone should be able to participate with no problems. 2. My elementary school had grades 1 - 6 and I think it was the same time for everyone, maybe 1st and 2nd graders got out of school earlier but not more than an hour. School ran from 8am - 3pm daily, so 7 hours per day, 35 hours per week. All elementary schools should either run from 8-3 or 9-4 depending on location and district policies. 3. No, my school recognized that at that young age, it's best for the student to be well-rounded in basic knowledge but given opportunities to explore interest. Math and Language Arts, if any, were the two subjects highly stressd just like any other levels in education (SATs comprise of math and verbal), but other than this, everything were equally given attention. 4. There were about 20 kinds per class. I'm not sure about the ratio but we probably had 1 teacher for every 20-30 students. This ratio actually decrease as grade levels went up because they added more students to each class as kids got older. Younger kids got the most attention, so they felt it was necessary to have smaller classes for individual attention, but usually still around 20. 5. They had the PTA (Parent Teacher Association), which was the main parent/teacher organization. The PTA extends to high school. They wanted parents to contribute but it wasn't mandatory. However they really did want the parents to know how the child is doing especially at lower grade levels. There were frequent progess reports that monitored grades, behavior and anything else that was either good/bad. There were also mandatory parent nights each semester so that teachers can meet parents and parents can meet other parents, kids, etc. But parents were welcome anytime in class and afterschool to talk to a faculty member. This is constant throughout the whole school, grades 1 - 6. 6. Since we're in the United States and it was a public school, we did not have tuition. I have no idea how much private schools cost. 7. I don't think parents spent much money on their child outside of school on ACADEMICS. The average parent felt that the school is sufficient in educating and developing their child, so it would be unnecessary to spend extra money to enhance a child's math or science skills. However if a child participates in an extracuriicular or is interested in something, then parents could spend money on that. Swimming lessons, piano lessons, etc would be popular choices and they are either by the hour or a year-long club. They shouldn't cost more than like $10 per hour or like $100-$200 for a year long membership. I'm sure parents spend much more money on things like food, clothing and other fun activities for their child. It wasn't necessary to overemphasize education for a 7 year old. I hope this helped. I feel this is a pretty accurate figure for most elementary schools here. I know that American education falls behind compared to others but this only applies for high school, which is a totally different situation. I believe elementary school education is given a lot of attention, they felt it was very important for kids to have a good start, but how students do when they get older is up to them.

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