Dina :
Does anyone get free education there? Here in Canada, the native people (ie-First Nations) are offered university for free. I want to know if it’s the same in the U.S. thanks
I want to know both about high school AND unversity.
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Public school is free.
Catholic, private and boarding schools aren’t.
Public schools are free from elementary to secondary schools, though that’s excluding that taxes go towards schools.
University is not free but you can get grants, financial aid, and scholarships which, for some lucky students, give them a free ride.
Well first off you asked about high school, not university. In the US public school is ‘free’ in that you don’t pay to the school. BUT our educational system is funded via federal taxes. You can also elect to go to private school, but this does cost and it varies by school and it does not change your federal tax amount. So in essence you are then paying for school twice.
There are a few private colleges which do not cost anything to attend as they are what is called “fully endowed”. Meaning they are privately funded to the amount that all expenses are paid and all students are fully scholarship-ed. Otherwise you have to pay for all college education in the US.
Paying for a high school education is an option, and the rich generally send their children to what are known as “prep schools” (prepatory for college), but public schools are free in the States. California once provided free college courses (up to Batchelor level) for California natives (anyone born and reared in California) but decided to invest in prisons instead. There are many college scholarships available to First Americans, but I can’t really say they are encouraged to go to college.