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Preschool, elementary and secondary schools that provide a formal education for children and adolescents in kindergarten or first grade through grade twelve.

Key words: Alternative Education; Boarding Schools; Child Development Education Issues; Community-Based Schools; Community Learning Centers; Extended-Service Schools; Full-Service Schools; Home-Based Education; Home Education; Home Schooling; Montessori Schools; Nontraditional Schools; Separately Organized Middle Schools; Yeshivas

Separately organized preschools or nursery schools and/or kindergartens which provide foundation-level learning for children (usually age two through five and four and one half or five respectively) prior to entering the formal school setting.

Key words: Early Childhood Education; Head Start; Kindergartens; Nursery Schools; Preschool Education; Preschools; School Readiness Programs;

See also: Educational Alliances & Advocacy (B01); Child Day Care (P33);