Scooped As Many Facts As Term Paper

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In 2000, only 63% of students in the United States were enrolled in full-day kindergarten programs in both public and private systems, compared with 25% in 1979. 12 states require half-day kindergarten, 11 require none whatsoever, and the rest require some form of "full-day" kindergarten that extends between four and six hours each day during the child's fifth year of age, teaching the standard education basics of letters, basic arithmetic, spatial skills, and social relations necessary to garner the education premises of the First Grade. Others still offer universal pre-kindergarten, pioneered by Georgia. 5 states - Maine, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Florida - require some form of Pre-Kindergarten for all students. 85% of American students attend public school, the rest go through either parochial or private systems.
By the end of high school, most students have met the requirements to graduate, and 80.4% of Americans retain high school diplomas. 24.4% continued on to a four-year college from which they attained a bachelor's degree or pursued education higher than that.

As the states have control in the United States, the primary responsibility for funding education in Australia is left to the states and territories. The Australian government denotes its educational systems as non-governmental and governmental, with the latter the equivalent to the American public system. Overall, more students attend private ("public") schools in Australia than in the United States, with only 68% of students are enrolled in government schools. Of the 32% in non-governmental schooling, the Australian government estimates that two/thirds of the students are enrolled.....

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