K–12 (education)

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K–12 (pronounced "Kay through twelve", "Kay to twelve" or just "Kay twelve") a designation for the sum of primary and secondary education. It is used in the United States, Canada, and some parts of Australia.^[1]

The expression is a shortening of Kindergarten (5 or 6-year-old) through 12th grade (or grade 12) (generally 17 or 18-year-old), the first and last grades of free education in the United States, Australia and English Canada.

By contrast, K-14 education also includes community colleges (first two years of university) and K-16 education adds a four-year undergraduate university degree. The term K-20 may be new, but it is already mentioned in the banner of a web site (http://www.eschoolnews.com/). Presumably K-20 includes [post Bachelor's degree] graduate or professional school education.

[edit] See also

• Education in the United States
• Education in Canada
• Education in Australia
• Environmental groups and resources serving K-12 schools

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