U.S vs France
School Structure
Classroom Culture
French Colonial Education
Contemporary Issues
100
The names of the tests that high school students take to go to college in France and in the U.S
What is the Baccalaureate and the SAT's
100
These are the three educational paths that 10th graders have to choose from.
What is L, ES and S?
100
These are two things in every French school.
What is a French flag and a copy of the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizens.
100
The French colonial empire covered this percentage of the globe at its height
What is 8.6%
100
The country that spends the largest amount of resources on primary and secondary education in comparison to any other country.
Who is France
200
The grading scale for each country.
What is 0-20 in France and 0-100 in the U.S
200
The exam French middle school students have to pass in order to enter high school.
What is "le brevet"?
200
The two main cultures in French schools that clash.
Who are the Muslims and Christians.
200
Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, and Reunion are French-administered territories outside of Europe, given this French political designation
What are overseas departments of France
200
The Islamic clothing item that has been banned in public schools in France.
What is a veil or hijav.
300
Something that U.S schools value that French schools lack because of less money
What is extracurricular's, especially sports.
300
This is the program that students use to learn a foreign language if their schools don't offer it.
What is the CNED?
300
This promotes the French language in culture as a prominent alternative to a homogenized Anglo-American style global culture.
What is France's Global Cultural Project
300
This French overseas department used to be a prison colony
What is French Guiana
300
Created in order to give additional human and financial resources to schools located in disadvantaged areas.
What is "educational priority zones" or ZEP's?
400
The option other than the universities that French students have for higher education.
What is "Grandes Ecoles"?
400
The most common alternative education path chosen by French students who will not continue to higher education.
What is apprenticeship?
400
This maintains a strong central government that on principle denies special consideration to any of France's ethnic populations.
What is French National Project.
400
This is the primary way in which the education system in former French colonies differs from metropolitan French education
What is there is no difference
400
The percentage of people who repeat at least one grade before junior high school.
What is 45%
500
The biggest difference in French schooling, both private and public, from the United States.
What is the French schools are almost entirely free.
500
The higher educational path you must choose in order to access the Grandes Ecoles.
What is PREPA
500
The region where most immigrants decent from.
What is North Africa
500
This is the one French territory where there is no educational system
What is the French claim to Antarctica
500
The concept introduced in 1975 that means that all junior high schools are comprehensive schools with all pupils following the same track.
What is "college unique"
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