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A public high school is a secondary school that is financed by tax revenues and other government-collected revenues, and administered exclusively by, and at the discretion of, state and local officials. Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational Institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling known as Secondary education, takes The modifier "high", as applied to the noun "school", seems to have been arisen in the popular vocabulary to distinguish secondary schools from primary, or elementary, schools. In the United States of America, grade levels beginning in 9th grade and ending in 12th grade are commonly referred to with qualitative, rather than numerical, names. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the These are: "freshman" for 9th grade, "sophomore" for 10th grade, "junior" for 11th grade and "senior" for 12th grade. A freshman, fresher, fish, or frosh is a first-year student in an educational institution Eleventh grade (called Grade 11 or Senior 3 in some regions also known as junior year in the U Twelfth grade, (also known as senior year or Senior 4 in the U These terms are used more often to refer to each successive year in the university curriculum.

1 Public Schools and Private Schools compared
2 Contemporary Solutions to the Historical Problem of Racial Segregation
3 The "public" mission of public high schools
4 Public high schools, government supervision, and the communities they serve
5 Programs at public high schools
6 See also

Public Schools and Private Schools compared

Public education, on its surface, appears to encourage an acceptance of diversity more common than in private schools, because, ostensibly no one can be denied, by the government as opposed to their peers, access to the services provided by and in public high schools. Access is considered superior because public-school attendees benefit from government subsidies, and thereby usually obtain an education less expensively than their private-school, tuition-paying, counterparts do.

Public high schools have produced many of the nation's most successful graduates of the best universities, and have produced leaders in all sectors of society.

Experiments with school vouchers have arisen around the country out of a belief in the superiority of private schools in some very specific locales, and the desire for access to them. A school voucher, also called an education voucher, is a certificate issued by the government by which parents can pay for the Education of their children at a

Contemporary Solutions to the Historical Problem of Racial Segregation

Within the public-school system in the United States, historically, challenges to a racially segregationist status quo have (in many cases successfully) been made, specifically being that against segregation).

In the public-school system, curriculum guidelines are determined by the state and county government, though each school may have a certain amount of latitude to determine its own curriculum based on these guidelines. A state is a political association with effective Sovereignty over a geographic Area and representing a Population. A county is a Land area of Regional Government within a larger State.

The "public" mission of public high schools

The "public" purpose of the typical public high school is twofold: (1) primarily and mainly to prepare its graduates to enter the labor force; and, (2) also to prepare a segment, usually a minority, of its students, to continue on to post-secondary education (i. In Economics the people in the labor force are the suppliers of labor e. vocational school or technical school, community college or junior college, and university). ATTENTION *** This article is not "Vocational education in the United States" Technical school is a general term used for Two-year college which provide mostly Employment -preparation skills for trained labor, such as Welding A community college is a type of Educational institution. The term has different meanings in different countries The term junior college refers to different educational institutions in different countries A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects

At present it remains indeterminate whether social conflicts between elements of these two groups result in a diminution in overall quality of individual educational attainment and experience. Social conflict is a Conflict or Confrontation of social powers. The presence of such conflict may be an impetus for the development of, and support for, University-preparatory schools, wherein all, rather than only a portion, of the students enrolled aspire to attend university. A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects

Public high schools, government supervision, and the communities they serve

Public high schools, like their private counterparts, provide open forums for communication between students, teachers, administration, and parents, but subject to the limitations specified above. The format of these schools nevertheless provide for interaction (albeit government-supervised) between students and teachers, thus providing an opportunity for public-school students to interact with adults beyond their immediate family. Interaction is a kind of action that occurs as two or more objects have an Effect upon one another

Programs at public high schools

Public schools may offer a variety of programs, including magnet programs (which allow students to study the basics of a given career or career field) or International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (a rigorous academic program). The term public school has two distinct (and virtually opposite meanings depending on the location of usage in the United States, Australia and A magnet school is a School which offers specialized courses or curricula. The International Baccalaureate (IB Diploma Programme (DP is an Educational programme examined in one of three languages ( English, French or Spanish There are several levels of coursework, as well, including regular or average coursework (taught on the high school level), advanced or honors coursework (taught on an advanced high school level), Advanced Placement (college-level work taught in a high school setting and offering tests at the end of the academic year that give high school students the opportunity to earn college credit), dual enrollment (college courses made available to high school students at taxpayer expense, and wherein a grade that is considered passing results in high-school and post-secondary credit), and remedial classes (for students who need extra attention to meet benchmarks). The Advanced Placement Program is a program that offers college level courses at High schools across the United States and Canada. In Education, dual enrollment (enrollment is where a student is enrolled in two separate academically related institutions

Many public high schools provide both curricular and extra-curricular services on a par with those of some private schools. These activities allow students to form friendships with people they might not otherwise meet, and to pursue or further develop interests. Some national clubs and activities available to most schools include:

Band
Key Club
DECA
FBLA
National Honor Society
Orchestra
National Forensic League (Speech and debate, not crime-solving)
Science Olympiad
Student Council
Future Farmers of America

Contents

Public Schools and Private Schools compared

Contemporary Solutions to the Historical Problem of Racial Segregation

The "public" mission of public high schools

Public high schools, government supervision, and the communities they serve

Programs at public high schools

See also