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1． It is a general view that every American has the right and obligation to become educated. American believe that ,through education, an individual acquires the knowledge, skill ,attitudes and abilities which will enable him to fit into society and improve his social status. Education helps to shape the society and develop the national strength。在美國，人們普遍認識是，每一個人都有受教育的權利和義務，通過受教育，人們可以更好的適應社會，提高自身的社會地位，教育有助于塑造社會，增強國家實力。
2． Formal education in the U.S consists of elementary ,secondary and higher education, Elementary and secondary
education,which forms public education, is free and compulsory.美國正規的教育由初等，中等和高等教育組成，初等，中等教育屬公立教育，是免費和義務的。
3． In American ,there are more public elementary and secondary schools that private ones, while private colleges and
universities outnumber public ones.在美國，公立中小學比私立多，而私立大學比公立大學多。
4． Under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S Constitution, education was included among the responsibilities which were “reserved to the states or the people:.根據美國憲法第十修正案，教育是：保留給各州或人民：的責任之一。
5． There is not a national system of education in the United States, It is the state that establishes policies for the
education within its boundary, so many variations can be found in the education system of the 50 states.美國沒有全國統一的教育體制，而是由各州為自己轄區內的學校制訂政策，所以50個州的教育體制相差很大。
6． Elementary and secondary education in the U.S covers 12 years for ages 6 through 18, All the states have laws that require children to go to school, generally until the age of 16, unless they are severely handicapped.美國初等和中等教育共12年，從6歲到期8歲，所有州要求孩子們上學上到期16歲，除非他們嚴重殘疾。
7． In American, the total support for public schools is about 186 billion a year, about 7% of the gross national product(GNP)在美國，給公立學校的財政資助一年約1850億美元，約占國民生產總值的7%。
8． Each local school district of American has a governing board whose major responsibilities are 1>the hiring of
professional and support staff, 2>determining the most suitable local curriculum, 3>and developing and approving a budget to carry out educational programs. Usually the board of education employs a superintendent of school, who is the chief executive
officer at the local level.每個地方學區都有一個由選民選舉產生的管理委員會，它主要有三個職責，1。聘用教師和學校員工，2。決定適合當地的課程，3。制定和批準執行教育計劃的預算，通常，教育委員會要選一位督學，作為地方一級的重要教育行政官員。
9． The typical organizational pattern for elementary and secondary schools is that of graded schools. Usually, the
elementary school covers grades 1-8 and the high school 9-12.美國中小學典型的組織模式是年級制，通常，小學包括1到8年級，中學包括9到12年級。
10． There is a certain degree of similarity in the American elementary school curriculum. It mainly consists of mastery of the “basics” such as reading, writing, and arithmetic of mathematics.美國各小學的課程有某種程度的相似之處， 要是對“基礎課的掌握，這些基礎包括閱讀，寫作，和算術或數學等。
11． Higher education of the U.S began with the founding of Harvard College in 1636.美國的高等教育始于1636年哈佛學院的建立。
12． The system of higher education in the U.S has three principal functions: teaching, research and public service.美國高等教育有三大職能：教學，研究，和公眾服務。
13． In American, there are the best research universities such as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia and MIT in the east, as well as Stanford and Berkeley on the west coast.美國最好的科研型大學有位于東部的哈佛，耶魯，普林斯頓，哥倫比亞，和麻省理工大學，位于西海岸的斯坦福大學和伯克利大學。
14． The administration of most colleges and universities is quite separate from that of the school. But there are three
State board that set policy for education at all levels in respective state, They are the State Boards of New York, Rhode
Island ,and Michigan.大多數學院和大學的行政管理是與中小學分開的，但有3個州例外，它們是紐約，羅得島，和密歇根州。
15． Except for some college sponsored by the Catholic Church, all college and universities in the U.S ,public or private, are governed by a board of trustees composed primarily of laymen.除了一些由天主教會贊助的大學外，美國所有的大學都是由一個主要的由外行人員組成的托管委員會管理。
