Understanding American Schools, Fifth Edition

The Answers To Newcomers’ Most Frequently Asked Questions by Anne P. Copeland and Georgia Bennett

The Fifth Edition guides newcomers from around the world through the challenges of understanding the US school system, from pre-school through high school. Written by two internationally-known experts in international relocation and education, this thorough but user-friendly guide is packed with information not found in any other single source. We’ve checked every URL and updated every statistic using the latest available data from a range of government, international and education agencies. We’ve included the latest numbers (average teacher salaries, average SAT scores, average high school graduation rates, average private school tuition fees). We’ve included lots of international comparisons, so parents aren’t reading in a vacuum.