The publication contains practical information about secondary school and higher education in the United States: which schools are better - private or municipal, how to prepare and submit a portfolio to the university, how the system of grants and scholarships is arranged, etc. d. The reader will be convinced that education in the United States does not have to be expensive - it is also financially affordable. The collection contains a lot of analytics and opinions of experts in the educational sphere. Some articles were published in specialized publications, including in the scientific-methodical journal "People's Education" established by the publishing house of the same name and the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation. These articles are adapted in volume and dynamics for the mass reader: parents, teachers, and most importantly children and youth. Read, and you will learn how to get into Harvard, where it is better to study in America, how to get a grant for training, how the exam differs from the SAT and what to do if you or your child has seven spans in the forehead, and with funds not very much.