Primary Education in USA: History, Curriculum, and Regionalism

Education and
International
Development

Contents
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
Country 1 USA................................................................................................................................4
Brief History of Primary Education.................................................................................................4
K-12 Structure..................................................................................................................................5
Curriculum.......................................................................................................................................6
Regionalism:....................................................................................................................................6
Equality............................................................................................................................................7
International Standing (PISA).........................................................................................................8
History of primary education...........................................................................................................8
Primary Curriculum.......................................................................................................................10
Teacher Training:...........................................................................................................................10
Focus on Universal primary education and gender equality..........................................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Primary education is important for students because it set base for their future. That means
students make their future only on the basis of their primary education experience. Primary
School is also called elementary school, children of age group four to eleven years generally go
to these schools (Binder and et. al., 2017). Students that have passed preschool go to primary
schools and after primary school comes secondary school. Going to primary school is considered
as basic right (Akhmetshin and et. al., 2018) of student as all the development say social,
cultural, cognitive and emotional skills takes place in primary school. This is the most important
part in student’s life, hence parents should make research before deciding the school for their
child as the future of that individual depends on the primary school (Schendel and McCowan,
2016). For this, two countries are taken for comparing their primary education system. In early,
America’s education was dealt by local and state government (Bamber, 2016). In some of the
state the compulsory education was until 16 (Bedenlier, Kondakci and Zawacki-Richter, 2018),
so every state had own structure of compulsory education. K-12 structure is the division of grade
according to the age of the child.
Many schools are providing the facilities like day care for children, education and development
and so on, but a wise choice is essential because this the time that will not come back and student
is in learning phase a right direction at right time is important. It is easier to build a good
individual then to repair a broken one which means if a child is given proper education from the
starting then it is easier for the person to learn ahead and become successful but if the education
provided, is not up to the mark at initial and development level then the person will face
obstacles in future learning and in other phases of life. Different countries have their own
curriculum and ways of teaching. The purpose of primary education is to give fundamental skills
and knowledge to the students (Knight and De Wit, 2018). Basic subjects are taught and the main
focus is on overall development of the child and improving the competencies that are required at
higher phases of life and that are required after completion on the elementary education. The
main goal of providing quality primary education is to prepare the kids with basics of main
subjects. There the students are not only taught to study but how to participate, develop interest
and learn new things are also the part of primary education. Subjects that are given importance at
that time are reading, math, social studies, science, and physical education with the motive to
improve their thinking, reading and problem solving skills.

According to the populous USA is the third largest in the world having 327.7 million people and
it is the largest economy so that’s why it is called a developed nation (Bourn, Hunt and Bamber,
2017). In the education system USA has second position in the higher education system. Even
after of this development situation of the country, USA faces many challenges because of the
rival countries such as India and China. China and India has the aim that they overtake the
economy of USA from the end of 2050. So it is very important for USA that they have to make
their education system best so that they get best students that maintain the largest economy. For
this it is very essential for students that they have to understand the curriculum firstly.
Mastering in simple mathematical operations is essential for the higher studies and are given
more importance (Owens, 2017). Basically, this is the time when children learn to interact and
socialize and they learn this basically from teachers and children that there as well as from their
parents. The report is about the role of primary education and how it is important for later
learning. Also the education system is different in developing country like India and developed
countries like USA. The basic reason behind considering United States of America is that
education level of this nation is education market values approximately to USD 1,350 billion in
2017 and it is expected to reach around USD 2,040 billion by 2026. On the other hand, education
system of United States is expected to exhibit a CAGR of more than 4.5% between 2018 and
2026.Ttherefore, it can easily be said that this country’s education system has improved in
effective and in efficient ways. The discussion about the curriculum followed, the way teachers
are trained, and the standards of teaching and K-12 structure that is followed in USA is there.
Also how it is different from education system is India. Basically, the reason behind considering
both the United States and India’s education system is to compare and improve the existing
education system of India through considering education system of U.S. The history of primary
education in India, the curriculum followed, the focus on universal primary education and gender
equality. It is analyzed that India is developing nation that require many efforts for generating
the awareness of primary education so this report is in comparing basis that help to give
difference between both countries.