This spring a group of teachers from three Russian cities (Obninsk, Zheleznogorsk, Dimitrovgrad) visited the USA on the teacher exchange program. We spent most of the time in a small town of Maryville, Tennessee getting acquainted with the system of education from inside, as we lived in the teachers’ families and they were our guides in their schools and in American way of life. During our staying there we saw different institutions from kindergarten through Pellissippi College and Tennessee University. We can state that though all in all we have the same values, the approach seems sometimes quite different. As a result of our joint work we offer you some observations about American school.