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We moved to America in 2015, in time for my kid to start third grade. Now she's a year away from graduating high school (!) and I've had a front-row seat for the US K-12 system in a district rated as one of the best in the country. There were ups and downs, but high school has been a monster.
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At CMU I know of and am learning to use the Open Learning Initiative online modules (and have used it for my #homeschool kids)
Not shilling - it's hardly optimal.
In US there is a vast inequity - for students, teachers, the whole system.
Tbh - if learning was a priority - school wouldn't start so early (this is known); it's more to get the parents to work to 'fuel the economy'