HELP US DECIDE, home you love or school you would wnat your kids to attend

[Anonymous]

Stay above 7 on great schools and you should be ok but I prefer all 9s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stay above 7 on great schools and you should be ok but I prefer all 9s

Based on what- your experience? Did your child really suffer that badly at a 6?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Stay above 7 on great schools and you should be ok but I prefer all 9s

Based on what- your experience? Did your child really suffer that badly at a 6?

Also, If you want to protect your investment buyers do read the scores associated with homes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Depends on how you define school quality. Did you actually research whether people are happy with the school or just go by Great Schools?

Using the population that is attending the school is a terrible way to judge the quality of the education.

It is, but there is NO objective way to measure quality teaching. And let's face it, kids from poor families generally have lower educational aspirations. Go to a school with a low GreatSchools.com rating and those kids will be your child's peers. They will be soaking up a culture of low expectations. I lived in a poor neighborhood in Alabama as a kid. My parents were great and always encouraged education. But at age 11, I literally believed that most people had sex by age 13. Why? Because that is what my neighborhood friends said. And did. And my school friends didn't talk about sex so they never told me any different. For the record, I didn't have sex until late teens. And I have a Ph.D.

Point taken, but let's keep in mind that your kids are most likely to be friends with the kids they have the most in common with--generally, the ones in their same classes. If your child is smart and motivated, he or she will be in AP and honors classes with the other smart and motivated kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stay above 7 on great schools and you should be ok but I prefer all 9s

Oh, yes. Only wealthy, white school-mates for your special snowflake right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stay above 7 on great schools and you should be ok but I prefer all 9s

Oh, yes. Only wealthy, white school-mates for your special snowflake right?

Don't really care about wealthy or white people just education. Oh, and I don't have a snow flake ( I am not white).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stay above 7 on great schools and you should be ok but I prefer all 9s

Oh, yes. Only wealthy, white school-mates for your special snowflake right?

Don't really care about wealthy or white people just education. Oh, and I don't have a snow flake ( I am not white).

Sorry, then you're using the wrong yardstick. Great Schools is about SES, not educational quality.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stay above 7 on great schools and you should be ok but I prefer all 9s

Oh, yes. Only wealthy, white school-mates for your special snowflake right?

Don't really care about wealthy or white people just education. Oh, and I don't have a snow flake ( I am not white).

Sorry, then you're using the wrong yardstick. Great Schools is about SES, not educational quality.

Great schools uses test scores and also compares lower SES test scores between other schools in the same state. It's not about SES but about test scores.

Why do you make crap up?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stay above 7 on great schools and you should be ok but I prefer all 9s

Oh, yes. Only wealthy, white school-mates for your special snowflake right?

Don't really care about wealthy or white people just education. Oh, and I don't have a snow flake ( I am not white).

Sorry, then you're using the wrong yardstick. Great Schools is about SES, not educational quality.

Great schools uses test scores and also compares lower SES test scores between other schools in the same state. It's not about SES but about test scores.

Why do you make crap up?

Test scores are directly and highly correlated with SES. It is impossible to separate the two.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stay above 7 on great schools and you should be ok but I prefer all 9s

Oh, yes. Only wealthy, white school-mates for your special snowflake right?

Don't really care about wealthy or white people just education. Oh, and I don't have a snow flake ( I am not white).

Sorry, then you're using the wrong yardstick. Great Schools is about SES, not educational quality.

Great schools uses test scores and also compares lower SES test scores between other schools in the same state. It's not about SES but about test scores.

Why do you make crap up?

Seriously? Test scores are all about SES. Your Great Schools 9s are going to be almost entirely wealthy and UMC. The low SES schools in the state will get almost universally low rankings.

[Anonymous]

http://www.apa.org/pi/ses/resources/publications/factsheet-education.aspx

[Anonymous]

:30 is absolutely correct.

[Anonymous]

Just curious which schools in Sterling?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Depends on how you define school quality. Did you actually research whether people are happy with the school or just go by Great Schools?

Using the population that is attending the school is a terrible way to judge the quality of the education.

It is, but there is NO objective way to measure quality teaching. And let's face it, kids from poor families generally have lower educational aspirations. Go to a school with a low GreatSchools.com rating and those kids will be your child's peers. They will be soaking up a culture of low expectations. I lived in a poor neighborhood in Alabama as a kid. My parents were great and always encouraged education. But at age 11, I literally believed that most people had sex by age 13. Why? Because that is what my neighborhood friends said. And did. And my school friends didn't talk about sex so they never told me any different. For the record, I didn't have sex until late teens. And I have a Ph.D.

PP makes the point that it is parents who have the biggest effect on a child's education

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I believe this probably have come across the mind of many people. Would you rather have a house you love (9 out of 10) in a school district that is 5 out of 10 or a school you want your kids to attend (9 out of 10) in a home that is 5 out of 10? FYI, we can't have both or afford to send them to private. Thanks for your time!

I think when kids is Smart ,the schools not important ,their develop in any school their go.