Talk:K–12

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pronounciation

A suggested addition: pronunciation

How is K-12 pronounced: "kay twelve, "kay to twelve", ...?

This still doesn't mean a lot outside of the USA. What are the ages of the children you are refering to?

the general spoken format for that is 'K thru 12'... that's just the US education system, Kindergarten is age 5 or 6, then first grade thru 12th grade (12 = senior in high school, US's secondary school)... - Adolphus79 09:15, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

K-16

I've read on several pages (ex. this one: (www.txstate.edu/math/degrees-programs/phd.html) where they use the term "K-16". What does that mean and how, if at all, is it different from K-12? --74.120.133.109 23:59, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Without looking, I'd guess that K-16 refers to K-12 plus undergraduate. --aciel (talk) 19:47, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Australian Reference

The reference to Australia may be misleading here. While such usage exists (as evidenced by the link), it is unusual, and may be capitalizing on the common understanding of the North American system.

My motivation for writing is because I am an Australian living in the USA with young children. I hear the term "K-12" all the time in relation to my sons' educations, and I thought I should look it up to make sure I properly understand what the expression means. Learning that it is in use in Australia was very surprising to me.

65.91.254.98 20:13, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Requested Move or Merge

I would suggest this article be moved to K-12 education, or merged with compulsory education. --aciel (talk) 19:47, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support and the resultant redirect should go to the dab page. 132.205.99.122 (talk) 22:10, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This particular page should just be redirected - it's a dictionary definition. K12 is an article on a particular mountain. Should that be moved to K12 (mountain) and redirect to the dab as well? Dekimasuよ! 00:53, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Some action would be good, but I'm not sure what. I can't see any way to expand this article beyond a deletable dictionary definition, but I'd be delighted to be shown wrong.

K-12 is an extremely common term in Australian education. So far as Australian English goes IMO it should redirect straight to a page on education, rather than to a disambig or to the mountain K12, with a hatnote| then to the disambig. But this may not be the case internationally. Andrewa (talk) 16:10, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]