Special education in the United States enables students with exceptional learning needs to access resources through special education programs. "The idea...
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In the United States, education is provided in public and private schools and by individuals through homeschooling. State governments set overall educational...
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The United States secretary of education is the head of the United States Department of Education. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the...
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The United States Department of Education is a cabinet-level department of the United States government. It began operating on May 4, 1980, having been...
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Special education (also known as special-needs education, aided education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, and...
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The history of education in the United States covers the trends in formal education in America from the 17th century to the early 21st century. Schooling...
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In the United States, sex education is taught in two main forms: comprehensive sex education and abstinence-only as part of the Adolescent Family Life...
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In the United States, higher education is an optional stage of formal learning following secondary education. It is also referred to as post-secondary...
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United States special operations forces (SOF) are the active and reserve component forces of the United States Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force within...
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Secondary education is the last six or seven years of statutory formal education in the United States. It culminates with twelfth grade (age 17–18). Whether...
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transferred to the newly created United States Department of Education under the Department of Education Organization Act. HHS was left in charge of the Social...
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K–12 education in the United States includes primary education starting in kindergarten, and secondary education ending in grade 12. Government-funded...
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The history of deaf education in the United States began in the early 1800s when the Cobbs School of Virginia, an oral school, was established by William...
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Lists of American universities and colleges (redirect from Higher education associations and organizations in the United States)
Below are links to lists of institutions of higher education in the United States (colleges and universities) by geography and other criteria, as well...
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(SEND). In the United States, 19.4 percent of all children under the age of 18 (14,233,174 children) had special health care needs as of 2018. The term is...
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Primary education in the United States (also called elementary education) refers to the first seven to nine years of formal education in most jurisdictions...
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Education in the United States Household income in the United States Literacy in the United States Poverty in the United States List of U.S. States by...
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definitions of an agency of the federal government of the United States are varied, and even contradictory. The official United States Government Manual offers...
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Movement. Education was an important aspect of the Civil Rights Movement. The 1960s and early 1970s were marked by strife in the United States, from the assassination...
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in special education is the unequal representation of certain demographic groups in restrictive placement and discipline, particularly in the United States'...
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The 116th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the Senate and the House...
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class-based inequities, or perceived ineffectiveness. Current education trends in the United States represent multiple achievement gaps across ethnicities,...
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The federal government of the United States has limited authority to act on education, and education policy serves to support the education systems of...
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Individualized Education Program (IEP) is a legal document under United States law that is developed for each public school child in the U.S. who needs special education...
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by the United States Congress pertaining to education in the United States. Many laws related to education are codified under Title 20 of the United States...
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The United States federal executive departments are the principal units of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States. They are...
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pursued. The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE) reviewed state civic education requirements in the United States for...
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Vocational education in the United States varies from state to state. Vocational schools or tech schools are post-secondary schools (students usually enroll...
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overview of U.S. Army Special Operations Forces—prior to the creation of USASOC, circa 1984 (51:52) The United States Army Special Operations Command (Airborne)...
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Higher education accreditation in the United States is a peer review process by which the validity of degrees and credits awarded by higher education institutions...
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