Résumé
Study on the education in the USA. The American school system has particularities: it's a decentralized system. So, there are many tensions because of the inequalities. Local controls over schools became established during the colonial period, and after the war of independence all the powers not delegated to the federal government were reserved to the state.
Outline:
I) Decentralization in the USA school system
A. Education : a state responsibility
B. Funding and taxes
C. Private school
D. Higher education
E. Federal government education
II) Education, minorities and equalities
A. Education of blacks before the civil rights movement
B. Busing and desegregation
C. Affirmative Action