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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The top schools in the area are in FCPS, not APS.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia
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There’s already been a big discussion about the inconsistencies in their rankings and how certain APS schools by every measure beat out some of the FCPS schools in the top 10.

But this also goes to the differing philosophies of the systems generally, which is reflected in things like AAP/TJ and the lack of a serious push for a similar program in APS. FCPS is focused on maximizing the potential of its best students while letting the rest skate by, zoned away to other schools, so you see more advanced, but fewer overall that are even proficient. APS chooses to spread its resources in a much more balanced fashion, so they’re perhaps not fully meeting the needs of their highest-achieving students but they do a better job of getting students at least proficient. It’s a community vs me-and-mine mindset, which does reinforce the self-selecting nature of the populations who have the luxury of choosing where to live.[/quote]

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