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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have some truly spectacular teachers snd programs in fcps so give credit to them as well.

DC has a ton of highly educated, very affluent families who do everything possible to avoid the public schools due their failing programs and poor teachers.[/quote]

I agree with PP that the success of Fairfax County schools is due mainly to having a large number of kids from highly educated high income families.  While there are some fantastic teachers in FCPS, there are equally as many mediocre or subparagraph ones.  [/quote]

I'm sure the teachers would say the same thing about the students.  There are also many mediocre, inexperienced private school teachers as well, although parents paying a boat load of money to attend largely segregated privates are loathe to admit it.[/quote]

I don't dispute what you just said, but that doesn't change the fact that FCPS success has more to do with demographics than teacher quality.  Look at the lower SES schools in FCPS, they are by no means high performing.  I can't imagine that the teacher's in those schools are any worse than the teachers in the rest of Fairfax County.[/quote]

In fact, the lower SES schools in FCPS typically still have test scores at or above national and in some cases state averages. And FCPS continues to have by far the largest cohort of high-achieving kids in the region. [/quote]

There is a huge disparity between high SES and low SES schools in FCPS as far as academic performance.  The explanation is the kids/parents, not the teachers.  [/quote]

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