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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Student and teacher school ratings are in conflict with some of the schools listed here, e.g. Blake, Einstein

https://sharedaccountability.mcpsmd.org/SurveyResults/content.php[/quote]

OP did ask about [i]underrated[/i] clusters.[/quote]

Fair enough.

Let's say these schools are indeed "underrated" (definition: underestimated or undervalued) - meaning they are better than the teachers and students who are in the schools think they are. Let's set aside our skepticism that is true. That would be awful if teachers and students were being told their schools were bad when they were in fact good. That by itself can lower student performance (look it up).[/quote]

You're being overly generous with your benefit of doubt and suspension of disbelief here.

I think it's disrespectful to invalidate the lived experiences of people who actually have to live with the realities of a school that is not performing. If the students and staff grade a school poorly, it's because the school actually [i][is[/i] bad. It doesn't mean that the school doesn't have the [i]potential[/i] to be good, but it currently is not. And we should believe students and staff when they say as much. [/quote]

PP I actually completely agree with you and do not think these schools are underrated. I believe the students and teachers.

I don't think there is any way to defend these poor ratings and it makes me sad White liberals in Silver Spring continually say how great these schools are. Often on the basis that their White kids are doing ok (even though White students don't rate the schools that well). They should be angry and demand better for their communities.[/quote]

Not everyone has the same goals. Some value education more than others, and that's okay.

A more nuanced view of these schools is that despite a large cohort of students dragging down the test average that a sufficiently large cohort isn't held back and does as well as anywhere.

This suggests that the same kid would do as well at one of these schools as they would at the wealthiest school which is often lost on people who focus on simple minded averages like GS rankings.[/quote]

Actually these results show that the vast majority of students value education. Saying some groups don't value education is racist bs.[/quote]

That's nonsense! Not all students have the same goals. For example, pretending that everyone should take APs and that's the measure of merit is racist. [/quote]

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