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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is the policy of schools that belong to Independent Education to not participate in such rankings that is why there are so few private schools on the list. [/quote]

Yes, and WIS specifically asked the reporter not to include them in the article for this very reason, but the reporter was more interested in his story. Like many PP's here, WIS views this analysis dimly and feels it is a very superficial analysis, mostly using AP results. Hopefully there are many other things of value about a school than how many students pass an AP exam.

As to selling land to raise money. I don't know that that is the case. The Tregaron conservatory owns a good portion of that land, and can sell it. If , in fact, the school did sell it to raise money. it beats obnoxious Auction campaigns that have no end or harassing parents to donate.[/quote]

I think you might be mistaken. Or else you should ask Jay Mathews for a retraction.  Here is what he wrote in the Post ...

"The school’s former headmaster, now president, the Rev. Peter Weigand ... told me when I started the list that he would be happy to supply the AP data because it was one of his school’s great strengths. He said that he doesn’t think my list is a measure of overall school quality but that it helps students and parents understand what is going on."[/quote]

One cannot ask for data that is public record and has been mined to be retracted. One can ask a journalist not to publish it, and even explaon why the stats are not a valid reflection of one's school. The problem in this case is that sssumes that the journalist and the publisher are interested in the integrity of education, and not just pandering to the status conscious parents. Itis evident that the pandering, and need to sell "newspapers" won out. [/quote]

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