Re: CHAT: Maths schooling.

Lars Henrik Mathiesen scripsit:

> And what's this middle school? Just as I thought I halfway understood
> the US system, you lot go and change it. I googled a bit ---- in some
> places it just looks like a new name for junior high, grades 7-8 or
> so, at other schools it includes grades 5-8 or 6-9.
Basically correct.  The old system was "junior high school" grades 7-9,
and "high school" grades 10-12, but there has been a good deal of flexing,
as you note: most high schools now start with grade 9.  (Note: grade 1 =
six years old.)

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