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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The new Gilded Age (Education version) is going to remain in place for the foreseeable future.  North Arlington and McLean will continue to prosper while S. Arl, Sleepy Hollow and Herndon will continue to decline on the VDOE school report cards and GreatSchools.[/quote]

They will prosper because the majority of students come from UMC homes. Move them to S. Arlington, Sleepy Hollow and Herndon and they will prosper there too. This isn't rocket science. Students do well because of who they were born to for the most part. It is difficult to impossible to be born to people who don't give a crap about education and to go to college. I have taught quite a few intelligent students who have a lot of potential but they are growing up in an environment that is working against them. Many of their parents are MIA and will not talk to us about getting them into magnet middle and high schools. If they do come, they says things like, "I went to ____________ and I turned out fine." I never knew there were parents who didn't want the best for their kids until I started teaching. So the student goes to a crappy high school and is dragged down by their peers who don't care. It really is sad that who you are born to often dictates where you will end up. We have a few students each year test into top high schools and then by the middle of the year, they drop out and head to the local crappy high school. Why? Usually it is because their parents don't understand how important it is and don't encourage them. It is hard to take 2-3 buses a day to get to and from school and these kids need a lot of encouragement to keep them going. They don't get it at home and then they drop out.[/quote]

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