EDUCATION. BOTTOM LINE

American System of Education

Decipher the following abbreviations:

PTA, GPA, BA, PhD, MS, NCLB, SAT, ESL, BS, PE, MA, MBA

Explain the following: 

Elementary school, parochial school, credit, secondary school, correspondence course, tenure

What’s the difference between: 

Nursery school and day care center, vocational school and professional school, college and university, public and private school

Guess the word:

The education of pupils of both sexes together

A publicly funded independent school established by teachers, parents, or community leaders. They offer innovative and experimental programs of study.

An official record of student’s work, showing courses taken and grades achieved

A university or college hall of residence or hostel

A student’s principal subject or course

A school where children are taught for the first six or sometimes eight years of education

A class provided or intended for children with learning difficulties

A school where students reside during the semester

A teacher’s written assessment of a pupil’s work, progress, and conduct sent home to a parent or guardian

A grant or payment made to support a student’s education, awarded on the basis of academic or other achievement

Fill in the preposition where necessary:

To enroll ___ school

To cram ___ exams

To be rejected ___ Harvard

To apply ___ financial aid

To be accepted ___ Yale

To play ___ hooky

To register ___ courses

To take ___ exams

To ace ___ the exam

To apply ___ Harvard

To be admitted ___ Princeton

To cut ___ classes

Give English equivalents:

Директор

Домашние задания

Первокурсник

Студент дневной формы обучения

Гуманитарные науки

Заведующий кафедрой

Проректор

Комитет по вопросам образования

Диплом с отличием

Студент-второкурсник