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  2. East–West dichotomy - Wikipedia

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    Cultural and religious rather than geographical in division, the boundaries of East and West are not fixed, but vary according to the criteria adopted by individuals using the term. Used in discussing such studies as management , economics , international relations , and linguistics , the concept is criticized for overlooking regional hybridity .

  3. Grading systems by country - Wikipedia

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    The A range is often treated as a special case. In most American schools, a 4.00 is regarded as perfect and the highest GPA one can achieve. Thus, an A, being the prime grade, achieves the mark of a 4.00; for the A+ mark, most schools still assign a value of 4.00, equivalent to the A mark, to prevent deviation from the standard 4.00 GPA system.

  4. School choice in the United States - Wikipedia

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    By 2021 school choice students numbered 621,000, up from 200,000 in 2011. The next expansion was driven by pandemic-related dissatisfaction with public school policies and curricula. While many European school systems reopened in spring 2020, American public schools generally remained closed until the fall of 2021.

  5. List of secondary education systems by country - Wikipedia

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    Often secondary programs are divided into two programs: middle school and high school. Generally, middle school comprises grade 6 (age 11–12), grade 7 (age 12–13), and grade 8 (age 13–14), while high school comprises grade 9 (age 14–15) through grade 12 (age 17–18). Many schools use a variation of the structure; these decisions are ...

  6. List of primary education systems by country - Wikipedia

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    Middle school: Middle schools have been liquidated since the 1st of September 2019. Before the liquidation took place, they lasted 3 years. Secondary school: 1st 15–16 years old (Vocational School, Liceum and Technikum) 2nd 16–17 years old (Vocational School, Liceum and Technikum) 3rd 17–18 years old (Vocational School, Liceum and Technikum)*

  7. Western world - Wikipedia

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    The origins of Western civilization can be traced back to the ancient Mediterranean world. Ancient Greece [d] and Ancient Rome [e] are generally considered to be the birthplaces of Western civilization—Greece having heavily influenced Rome—the former due to its impact on philosophy, democracy, science, aesthetics, as well as building designs and proportions and architecture; the latter due ...

  8. Gymnasium (Germany) - Wikipedia

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    H. W. Patterson. A Ladies' Class at The German Gymnasium. 1872. The gymnasium arose out of the humanistic movement of the sixteenth century. The first general school system to incorporate the gymnasium emerged in Saxony in 1528, with the study of Greek and Latin added to the curriculum later; these languages became the foundation of teaching and study in the gymnasium, which then offered a ...

  9. Prussian education system - Wikipedia

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    The two installed a model school for rural education that attracted more than 1,200 notable visitors between 1777 and 1794. [ 6 ] The Prussian system, after its modest beginnings, succeeded in reaching compulsory attendance, specific training for teachers, national testing for all students (both female and male students), a prescribed national ...