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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Your mediocre schools comment is definitely relative to where you're coming from - I moved to NoVA from the Midwest and the schools here are light years better - both public and private. For my family all of it is a big step up and would hardly consider this areas public schools mediocre when in 2021 VA publics are ranked 4th nationally and MD is 10th. God forbid you come from the south where the school systems are so much worse. You just don't know how good it is here compared to a large part of the US.[/quote] That's surprising. Generally, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa have highly rated schools. I'm the PP who moved from FCPS to an out of state charter. My kids are now learning grammar, spelling, and writing. The younger grades use a phonics based scientifically sound reading curriculum, so there aren't many struggling kids that consume the teacher's attention. In English classes, the entire class reads 4 books per year, and they do whole class discussions. For math, they use Saxon, which has been shown to be much better than whatever FCPS is using these days. They don't have to use any absurd programs like ST Math or Dreambox. The curriculum is very knowledge rich, with appropriate time given to science and social studies. When my kids were in FCPS, they had Lucy Calkins, cobbled together teachers-pay-teachers worksheets in math, and a very sparse science and social studies curriculum. My kids were in the top groups even in AAP, so they rarely got time with the teacher. Instead, they spent tons of time on the online reading programs or Dreambox. Maybe middle and high school in FCPS is decent, but the elementary schools are truly awful. [/quote] The nice suburban upper midwest areas have excellent schools, which is what you're referring to. Minneapolis suburbs for example. But once you get down to OH, MO, IN it can get dicey really fast even in teh suburbs of bigger cities.[/quote]
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