Chapter 8 (The organization of American schools)

At the simplest level, school is a place where teachers teach and students learn. One comprehensive study of schools identified the following major goals: Academic, Social and Civic, Vocational, Personal. The school levels start at early childhood programs which is a general term describing a range of educational programs of young children. Next is elementary classrooms which are typically self-contained, then junior high and middle schools that today have a variety of offereings, although not as comprehensive as those is high schools, and they include competitive athletics and other extra-curricular activities. Before they make the choice to go to college or not students go to a comprehensive high school, which is a secondary school that aims to meet the needs of all students. There are differnt kinds of schdualing in differnent schools such as a block schedual or hours.