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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are immigrants and DC will start PK3 soon. I have been lurking on this forum and hear a lot of talks about Honor roll, honor classes, AP classes,  etc.
DH and I are immigrants and we didn't have any of that, everyone took the same classes no matter how smart they were and no one complained :-). 
I am trying to learn about how things work here because I am tired of googling every new term I heard and I only get part of the story.
Is there any good book out there that lays it all out? I understand every state/county might have a different system but want to know the basic.
Thanks,
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No, there is no book you can read that lays out everything about the US education system as it is different from community to community and encompasses a variety of types of schools. For example, there are private schools that are religious and private schools that are non-religious. There are public schools that have specific educational methodologies and ones that just use "a traditional curriculum." There are public schools where students have to take an entrance exam to attend and others where students over the age of 5 can just show up with proper registration documents and attend school that same day.

You will not need to concern yourself with honor roll, honors classes, or AP classes for your 3 year old. That is high school stuff - maybe middle school.

What you are doing to learn is the best way for you to learn - googling to understand terms and scenarios as you come across them.[/quote]

Well, I grew up in the US and I'm still lost on a lot of it so .... I think you will learn as you go. I'm sure there is a book, but it may be one sided and not be what you're looking for.

What country are you from? That might help us to help you.[/quote]

OP here, let just say I went to public school in developing country and DH went to public school in Europe, however we had very similar school system and experience. 95% of kids go to public school and take the exact same classes. In high school, depending on how you are doing in certain subjects (+ your preference), you might be sent to class that is more focused on Math/Technology or Languages or history etc. For example I was good in math and in 9 grade (high school started in 9 grade) I started taking more math and math had a lot of weight. My sister was ok in math but preferred languages so she did Languages but she could have done math but she would have probably struggled a bit (Languages had more weight for her, but she still took math but math had less weight) I hope this makes some sense :-)

PS: I know my kid is still very young but I still like to know how things work in middle and upper school.[/quote]

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