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I have reworked to headings into a structure which should be clear, and have done a small amount of reordering (to keep K-12 funding with K-12 etc). I haven't added to removed any content. PeterEastern (talk)

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An easy fix would be reducing the higher education section to a summary paragraph, and add a main article wikilink.Vgy7ujm (talk) 17:33, 13 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Vgy7ujm: Also I found an article from National Center for Education Statistics about private education in the United States. https://nces.ed.gov/pubs97/97983.pdf Making an article just on that could be a solution. WhisperToMe (talk) 04:57, 15 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

That would not make much difference to the length of this article. On the other hand, moving the higher education section to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_education_in_the_United_States would be much more effective.Vgy7ujm (talk) 13:05, 25 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• https://www.momnewsdaily.com/preschools/what-age-is-preschool-and-kindergarten/
• https://www.thebump.com/a/preschool-age
• The age is listed as 3-5 years old.

Kenixkil (talk) 04:48, 25 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Underfunded public school system and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 November 13#Underfunded public school system until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Partofthemachine (talk) 22:49, 13 November 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I have a few issues with the table located in educational stages section of this article.

Particularly with the age part.

The preschool and K-12 are overall fine because it’s very graduate on time during those years of education. Like you can literally graduate High school or middle school by pretending to care about your academics a little. Not mention most schools for children ages 3-18 discourage kids from being held back or dropping out.

But I have an issue with the age section for college students.

Most sources would consider a traditional undergraduate to be between the ages of 18-25. So a 23 or 24 year old senior in college would still classify as a traditional college student.

Also only 40% of undergraduates in a bachelor’s program graduate within 4 years or less with around 20% or 30% taking 5 to 6 years with the rest usually dropping out.

Also college isn’t really much an age thing, it’s not uncommon for 30 years to be in undergraduate programs.

I understand the age ranges for all the other grades listed in the chart, but the college student age range in that table only represents like less than 40% of all college students. CycoMa1 (talk) 19:53, 22 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Also I forgot to mention this too. Let’s not forget about students who only pursue an associates. Like there are many full time accountants or preschool teachers who only have an associates degree.CycoMa1 (talk) 21:15, 28 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]