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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LOL... I have lived in the midwest, NE and mid-Atlantic region and every place I have lived was described as " being in the Top 10 of Public School Districts in the country"

Just look at how Northbrook, Ill, Morristown, NJ, FFX, Va; So Ca, and many NYC magnets all simultaneously claim this. Its so often claimed as to be as meaningless and the DC Private school applicant parent who insists their snowflake is in the 99th % ile and therefore is sure to be admitted.

They can't ALL be " the best public schools in the country" and most subsidize SAT prep to up their test scores anyway- NOT my idea of what real education should focus on

OTH, one school District that doesn't even TRY to claim to be " among the best" is DCPS- because they are among the worst in terms of all measures: degree of proficiency achieved in reading and math, percentage of exceeding grade level, percentage that go on to graduate and/or go to college, percentage that are deemed illiterate after graduating, violence stats and parent in prison stats

So, nope, did not send our kid to DCPS

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DCPS is another barbell school district. One segment of students are overachievers and one larger segment is underachievers and unproficient, 2-3 grade levels behind in reading and math. So you have to pick your school pyramid well and hope the Admin don’t tank the curriculum, budget, morale, etc. 
MCPS has turned into this as well given demographic changes. But doesn’t have charter schools like DCPS does. [/quote]
Barbell implies that it is equally weighted in both sides. Walls plus 100 white students that graduate from Wilson every year does not compensate for the other  95%. DCPS is not a barbell shape it’s a cone shape. [/quote]

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