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[quote=Anonymous]How important is crowding? Mann has been in trailers for years as have some of the top performing public schools in MoCo. In NoVa, friends tell me the boundaries change about every 4 years vs. 40 years in DC. Overseas, there are well run schools with more than 30 kids per elementary class. DCPS is pushing blended learning and MoCo wants iPads for all, meanwhile kids in developed and developing countries learn the math, science, and language skills that create new technologies with chalk, slate, pencils, paper, and kindle paperwhite tablets and G2 (not so smart) cell phone apps with locally produced content from PhDs in the place of paper-bound, colonial era libraries accessible to elites in capital cities.

Cry me a river, DC. There are children in much poorer cities and less developed countries who get more depth and rigor in their schooling. Smartboards in every class, custom-designed natural light windows, and compostable logs bordering organic gardens have value. But it all comes down to school leaders, teachers and staff, and in-boundary or founder parents.
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