Compulsory education in the United States is in grades K to 12, or K- 12 for short. The primary and secondary education in the United States is decentralized, and the educational system in each state is not completely consistent. Each school district can formulate its own academic system for schools at all levels. For example, some school districts adopt the 6-3-4 academic system, that is, primary school lasts for 6 years (kindergarten to grade 5), junior high school lasts for 3 years (grade 6 to grade 8) and senior high school lasts for 4 years (grade 9 to 12), and some school districts adopt the 7-3-3 academic system, so the actual situation varies from place to place. All States require children to go to school, and most States stipulate that children must receive education before 16 years old.

The [K- 12] education system in the United States refers to 13-year compulsory education from kindergarten (KG for short) to 12 grade, which belongs to free education.

American primary and secondary school curriculum is extremely flexible, paying attention to the balance and development of the curriculum, and at the same time, the curriculum must also pay attention to convergence to adapt to the individual differences between students.

K- 12 grade courses are generally divided into the following four categories:

Basic ability training: including reading, calculation and potential inspiration;

General learning: including health, society, science, language arts, etc.

Study in the field of exploration: natural science, social science, art, music, mathematics, etc.

Study in specific fields: pre-university, computer, information management, business, economics, etc.

Under the premise of K- 12 academic system, the synchronous curriculum in the United States is divided by the Chino Valley School District in California according to the 634 academic system. Courses at all levels have compulsory courses and elective courses. At present, our Taobao shop only introduces compulsory courses of American courses and some AP courses. In the future, special courses such as robotics, 3D printing, model airplane production and STEM courses will be gradually introduced according to the needs of students.

legal ground

The Law on Primary and Secondary Education was promulgated to improve the quality of education and promote equal educational opportunities, especially for children in poor areas and low-income families. This bill clearly stipulates that schools and school districts should conduct annual summary and evaluation, and report the results of the summary and evaluation to higher government departments in time, so it is regarded by many as the beginning of the educational accountability system in the United States.