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[quote=Anonymous]A recent article in the Atlantic Monthly argues that ranking high schools, whether it is Jay Matthews's Challenge Index, U.S. News & World Report or some other list, means very little and is actually harmful to education. Rather than concentrating on educating our teens, education leaders and teachers - like college presidents - become obsessed with attaining and holding a ranking that may do little more than teach students how to pass a test and do little to further their education, development of critical thinking skills, etc... Do any of these tell us anything about the actual quality of the teaching that is going on inside the buildings of the likes of Langley, McLean, Marshall or their Maryland and DC counterparts? How do you really discern what is a good public school? http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/05/why-high-school-rankings-are-meaningless-and-harmful/276122/[/quote]
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