DCPS Comes in dead last as the worst school system in America

[Anonymous]

The site dubbed the areas with the worst school systems as Nevada, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and, lastly, the District of Columbia.

CHEERS!

http://www.businessinsider.com/states-with-best-and-worst-school-systems-2014-8

[Anonymous]

How nice for us to actually win something for once

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How nice for us to actually win something for once

[Anonymous]

You dug up an almost year old article to prove what?

[Anonymous]

Yeah, but as has been said on these board many times before, it's not apples to apples. These are whole states - - so, let's run the numbers of DC v. Jersey City or Camden or Newark (all in #1 ranked NJ). . . that seems like a truer comparison to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You dug up an almost year old article to prove what?

To combat all the people attacking the poster asking about gambling with their child's future in DCPS!

[Anonymous]

We're number one, we're number one!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, but as has been said on these board many times before, it's not apples to apples. These are whole states - - so, let's run the numbers of DC v. Jersey City or Camden or Newark (all in #1 ranked NJ). . . that seems like a truer comparison to me.

This

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You dug up an almost year old article to prove what?

To combat all the people attacking the poster asking about gambling with their child's future in DCPS!

It's a good thing there's no variability within the system that someone could research...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We're number one, we're number one!

We are also the fittest city

Comparisons should be city vs city not city vs state. There is not one state where the entire state is considered urban. You can compare DC to other 50 states when we have full states' rights, how about that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, but as has been said on these board many times before, it's not apples to apples. These are whole states - - so, let's run the numbers of DC v. Jersey City or Camden or Newark (all in #1 ranked NJ). . . that seems like a truer comparison to me.

This seems an exceptionally difficult concept for people to get.

[Anonymous]

that poster was concerned that the common lottery was corrupt. She was not commenting on the quality of the education in any of the schools. If you read that thread, it is pretty clear that although its OP seems excited about living in DC she does not have a lot of information about what DC is like (wants to pay $500k for a 1000+sf place close to a metro with good schools all the way through high school that does not have/need bars on the window and is in an area that never gets car breakins or has litter).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, but as has been said on these board many times before, it's not apples to apples. These are whole states - - so, let's run the numbers of DC v. Jersey City or Camden or Newark (all in #1 ranked NJ). . . that seems like a truer comparison to me.

+1

[Anonymous]

Bring Rhee back!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're number one, we're number one!

We are also the fittest city

Comparisons should be city vs city not city vs state. There is not one state where the entire state is considered urban. You can compare DC to other 50 states when we have full states' rights, how about that?

parents and kids run around a lot trying to get into the best schools/away from the worst