The most common way to get an education is to attend school. But much education also takes place outside the classroom. Education involves both learning and teaching. Sometimes, people learn by teaching themselves. But they also learn with the help of other people, such as parents or teachers.
Parents are a child's first and perhaps most important teachers.
They teach their children attitudes, habits, and values that help shape their character and remain with them throughout life. But few parents have either the time or the ability to teach their children everything they need to know. Instead, they turn over many educational responsibilities to professional educators. The organization of U.S. education Formal education in the United States is divided into various stages or levels that follow one another somewhat like the rungs of a ladder. Pre-elementary education is the first rung of the educational ladder.