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Education in the United States:

Paragraph about Preschool and Pre-Kindergarten:

In the United States, Preschool and Pre-K programs are not required, however they are encouraged. Only 69 percent of 4 year old American children are enrolled in early childhood development programs. Preschool age ranges anywhere from 2 1/2 to 4 1/2 years old. Pre-Kindergarten age ranges from 4 to 5 years old. Pre-kindergarten is focused on preparing kindergarten readiness, which includes activities of deeper learning and more structured skill building. The curriculum for the day will mostly consist of music, art, pretend play, science, reading, math, and other social activities. Both preschool as well as pre-k programs emphasize on inquiry base learning, however pre-k dives deeper into preparing kindergarten readiness.

https://www.brighthorizons.com/family-resources/e-family-news/preschool-vs-pre-kindergarten-what-is-the-difference https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/early-childhood/reports/2013/05/02/62054/the-united-states-is-far-behind-other-countries-on-pre-k/

Paragraph about Homeschooling:

As of spring 2016, there are 2.3 million homeschooled students in the United States. It is appearing that homeschooling is a continuing trend in the US with an 2 percent to 8 percent per annum over the past few years. This is a parent-led type of schooling that takes place at home and is now boarding a mainstream form of education in the United States. The Demography for homeschoolers has a variety of people; these are atheists, Christians, and Mormons; conservatives, libertarians, and liberals; low-, middle-, and high-income families; black, Hispanic, and white; parents with Ph.D.s, GEDs, and no high-school diplomas. One study shows that 32 percent of homeschool students are Black, Asian, Hispanic, and others (i.e., not White/non-Hispanic). There is no required taxes on this form of education and most homeschooled families spend an average of $600 per student for their education.

https://www.nheri.org/research-facts-on-homeschooling/ https://www.parents.com/kids/education/home-schooling/homeschooling-101-what-is-homeschooling/

Paragraph about extracurricular activities:

Extracurriculars at the high school age (15-18), this can be anything that doesn't require a high school credit or paid employment, but simply done out of pleasure or to also look good on a college transcript. Extracurricular activates for all ages can be categorized under clubs, art, culture and language, community, leadership, government, media, military, music, performing arts, religion, role play/fantasy, speech, sports, technology, and volunteer. All of which take place outside of school hours. These sorts of activities are put in place as other forms of teamwork, time management, goal setting, self discovery, building self-esteem, relationship building, finding interests, and academics. These extracurricular activities and clubs can be sponsored by fund raising, or by the donation of parents who give towards the program in order for it to keep running. Students and Parents are also obligated to spend money on whatever supplies are necessary for this activity that are not provided for the school. For example, sporting equipment, sporting attire, costumes, food, instruments, whatever it may be.

http://www.precioustatus.com/true-value-participating-extracurricular-activities/ https://blog.prepscholar.com/list-of-extracurricular-activities-examples

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Nmucci (talk) 17:49, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Peer Review for Nicole
Citations needed throughout the writing, using wiki's citing feature. The paragraph about pre-school/pre-kindergarten: This sentence needs to be reworded "The curriculum for the day will mostly consist of music, art...." to be more general like "curriculums will consist of..." maybe reword the first sentence to be more open, "In the United States, Preschool and Pre-K programs are not required, however they are encouraged..." who encourages these programs.

Paragraph about Homeschooling: If using this " (i.e., not White/non-Hispanic)" either get rid of this or put other options in the parenthesis  Paragraph about extracurricular activities: "For example, sporting equipment, sporting attire, costumes, food, instruments, whatever it may be" put this list in parenthesis and remove the "whatever it may be" part.

Overall good info. just work on citing.