She pleaded with her parents to send her to high school in the U. S. her mother quickly agreed but her father at first refused. He didn't want his only child to leave the country.
Students can match the performance of their foreign counterparts, but the American institutions do offer students from rich and poor families alike the chance to realize their full potential.
Small?school has been fostered, in part, by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has invested $1.8 billion in American schools, helping?to?open?about 1,000 small?schools.
Schools acknowledge the rigor of European secondary training, and will give up to a year's credit to foreigners who have passed their high school exams.