About 15 per cent of the country's people complete the last four years of their education . Local communities are given broad authority to run schools. State governments have their own departments of education which determine school policy and enact educational laws. The US Department of Educational has little authority and no direct control over education. Public schools in the United States are supported mainly by taxation .
Private schools get their operating funds mainly from tuition and contribution of private citizens .
The national schools, like its private businesses, have always had to deal with financial problems . There is no national public examination system. In public elementary and secondary schooling, local districts determine and maintain standards. Current Issues of American Education American education is be set by many problems. Shortage of teachers .