Education in the USA

Americans place a high value on education. Universal access to quality education has been one of the 

nation's historic goals. American first college, Harward was founded in 1636. in 1865 education was becoming available to all. The peculiar feature of American education is the absence of national administration. Each of the 50 states controls and directs its own school. Most states require that children attend school from the time that reach six or seven years old until they are 16 or 17. There is no school uniform organization or curriculum throughout the nation. But certain common features exist. Preschool education is part of the elementary school. Elementary and secondary schools consists of 12 years of classes, which meet for about ten months a year, five days a weel and five hours a day.

Almost every elementary school curriculum includes English, mathematics, science, social studies, music, art and physical education. Many schools include classes teaching basic computer skills, After graduating from secondary schools a growing number of Americans go on to higher education. American institutions of colleges; and universities which contain one or more colleges and graduates schools offering master's or doctoral degree programmes.

Here are Top 20 universities of the US according to National University Rankings:

1. Princeton University
2. Harvard University
3. Yale University
4. Columbia University
5. Stanford University
6. University of Chicago
7. Duke University
8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
9. University of Pennsylvania
10. California Institute of Technology
11. Dartmouth College
12. Johns Hopkins University
13. Northwestern University
14. Brown University
15. Washington University in St. Louis
16. Cornell University
17. Vanderbilt University
18. Rice University
19. University of Notre Dame
20. Emory University

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