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Reply to "What metrics are parents using to find what the "good" schools are? The Good school districts, private, public, charter?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We found out a lot by actually visiting potential schools. Overall, it is very hard to tell if the school is teaching effectively or if the school looks good primarily because so many parents are supplementing outside school (at home, with online things like Beast Academy, or at a tutoring center.). Several pyramids in MCPS (“W”) and in NoVa look good mainly because of supplementing outside school. College admissions to private colleges are distorted by things like Legacy status or various other kinds of “hooks”. Nearly impossible to figure out how an unhooked child would fare in college admissions. [/quote] I don't know of any public schools that allow you to visit in any meaningful way. You were able to look at potential schools and peek into classrooms, talk to teachers or the principal?[/quote] They probably lurked outside the parking lot to judge the students by the way they look. [/quote]
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