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Lead-in What famous US universities do you know? Harvard University; Princeton University; Yale University; Brown University; Cornell University; Columbia University; University of Pennsylvania; (Ivy) Dartmouth College (达特茅斯学院) (League) Stanford University; Massachusetts Inst. Of Technology; California Institute of Technology; University of California–Berkeley; University of Michigan; Questions for Discussion What is public school? Do you know any differences between public and private school? How many years do students go to school before entering college? What qualities do American universities look for when they decide who will be admitted? What is the education in Americans’ eyes? What’s the goal of American education? What is the education in Americans’ eyes? Americans regard education as the means by which the inequalities among individuals are to be erased and by which every desirable end is to be achieved. What’s the goal of American education? The goal of American education is to teach children how to learn, to help them reach their maximum potential. Main Contents The establishment of Public Schools The features of American education The present situation of American university The problems of American education The Establishment of Public Schools in Us In 1825, the basic system of public schools was established The educational institutions in US reflect its basic values, esp. ideal of equality of opportunity (and Americans believe that everyone deserves that to get a good education) 1.Make schools open to all classes of Americans 2.Finance the schools with tax money collected from all citizens → The Establishment of Public Schools in Us Those who favored public schools believed that the institutions would help reduce social-class distinctions in the US American public education had a strong practical content ----- teaching vocational skills and the duties of citizens