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__How is education different in the United States than the education in other countries?__

In different countries (example: Japan and Greece) students have the choice to go to school and those who go have to study at least 16 hours throughout their day. the teachers there are very strict and students go half a day to school during the weekend.


 * Teachers and schools wish that parents would bring their kids to school and agree with principal decisions.

__What is the "//No Child Left Behind//" act?__
 * The 1983 report included several specific indicators of risk ( U.S. Dept. Ed., 1983c ) such as:
 * About 13 percent of all 17-year-olds in the United States can be considered functionally illiterate. Functional illiteracy among minority youth may have run as high as 40 percent.
 * Scores consistently declined in verbal, mathematics, physics, and English subject as measured by the College Board's Scholastic Aptitude's Test (SAT).
 * Nearly 40 percent of 17-year-olds in the United States cannot draw inferences from written material; only 1/5 can write a persuasive essay; and only 1/3 can solve a mathematics problem requiring several steps
 * Remedial mathematics courses in public 4-year colleges increased by 72 percentage now constitute one-quarter of all mathematics courses taught in those institutions

The "//No Child left Behind//" act is a Unitd States Act of Congress about the education of children. __What are some home schooling requirements?__ __How is education for handiccaped people?__ >
 * More progress was made by nine-year-olds in reading in the last five years than in the previous 28 years combined.
 * America's nine-year-olds posted the best scores in reading (since 1971) and math (since 1973) in the history of the report. America's 13-year-olds earned the highest math scores the test ever recorded.
 * Reading and math scores for black and Hispanic nine-year-olds reached an all-time high.
 * Achievement gaps in reading and math between white and black nine-year-olds and between white and Hispanic nine-year-olds are at an all-time low.
 * Forty-three states and the District of Columbia either improved academically or held steady in all categories (fourth- and eighth-grade reading and fourth- and eighth-grade math).
 * Find homeschooling laws in your state
 * To homeschool a child through the eighth grade, parents or guardians must have a GED or a HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.
 * Parents who want to homeschool their high school child much have a BA/BS Degree.
 * Parents are required to file an attendance sheet which shows you have schooled your child for at least four hours per day for a total of 180 days.
 * Parents are also required to have child tested in the fifth, seventh and ninth grade.
 * //The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 targeted a specific population in need of federal assistance.//
 * //Aimed at children with learning disabilities, physical handicaps, and educationally gifted children in public schools, the act required school districts to provide special programs and expected the districts to bear the costs without federal aid.//