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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Sun Jul 10 06:38:10 2011, in response to Re: ARTICLE: America's biggest teacher and principal cheating scandal unfolds in Atlanta, posted by Scorpio7 on Sun Jul 10 05:25:39 2011. there no such thing as 'European educationIt's easier to generalize like that, but even I must admit that schooling does vary at the national level in Europe, more so than at the state level in the United States. Although, how many teachers in Belgium (or in Europe) can earn near $90000 (or 63000 EUR or so) after say a decade or so of teaching? From what I've read, in general, Europe seems to spend less in general on education, and from what I remember, teachers in France make less on average when compared to some of their counterparts in the US, especially in high cost of living areas like New York. Although, I wonder if issues like health insurance and pension benefits are non-issues for Belgian schools when compared to their American counterparts. U.S. high schools seem to spend way more money on infrastructure than Belgian high schools I think you'll have to explain this in depth given that many in the United States believe that some of our schools, especially in urban and certain rural and older suburban areas are in poor shape and need replacement or rehabilitation. Regardless, do you mean that we simply spend more money on a school building, or do we spend more money on labs and computing equipment, and are our schools "gold-plated" by Belgian standards? Normal Belgian schooldays start at 8.30AM and finish at either 3.30PM or 4.20PM. On Wednesday, school finishes at noon. That isn't too dissimilar from American schooling except for the half-day sessions on Wednesday, and the fact that American high schools tend to start earlier for some strange reason. |
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