PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES
Public Education in the United States, programs of instruction (1) ______ to children, adolescents, and adults in the United States through schools and colleges (2) ______ by state and local governments. (3) ______ the nationally regulated and financed education (4) ______ of many other industrialized societies, American public education is (5) ______ the responsibility of the states and individual school districts.

Public Education in the United States, programs of instruction (1) ______ to children, adolescents,

The reality of an interview is never as bad as your fears. For some reason people imagine the interviewer is going to jump on every tiny mistake they (1) ______. In truth, the interviewer is as keen for the meeting to go well as you are. It is what makes his or her job enjoyable. The secret of a good interview is preparing for it. What you wear is always important as it creates the first impression.

Schools must make sure that students develop (2) ______ skills for the Job market, and they must consider the needs of nontraditional students, such as teenage mothers. Schools are addressing these problems in ways that reflect the diversity of the US educational system.

Voluntary work helps foster independence and imparts the ability to deal with different situations, often simultaneously, thus teaching people how to 1) their way through different systems.

Parents whose children show a special interest in a particular sport have a difficult decision to (1) ______ about their children's career. Should they allow their children to train to become top sportsmen and women? For many children it

In addition to the challenge to be excellent, American schools have been facing novel problems. They must (1) ______ with an influx of immigrant children, many of whom speak little or no English. They must respond to demands that the curriculum reflect the various cultures of all children.