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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is Brent the best school ON Capitol Hill?[/quote]

Many argue that Two Rivers is in fact the best school on Capitol Hill.  But I don't see that remaining true.  David Brooks summed up why in this NYTimes piece the other day:

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20120711/WIRE/120719920/1070/OPINION?Title=BROOKS-No-easy-choices-as-American-schism-widens
 
Two Rivers has higher test scores than Brent for now because it has had more high-SES kids in testing grades, period.  It doesn't hurt that administrators and teachers do a good job there, but soon, Brent's test scores will be higher simply because the school will have a greater percentage of upper-middle-class kids from 3rd grade up.  Pretending that a charter thrives because of fine teaching is to buy into a false dogma- all you need for kids to do well are great teachers.  It seems what you really need are great fathers and good jobs for parents, a comparative rarity for urban AA kids in this country.
 
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This is why I hate questions like this.  Two Rivers, the school where a teacher tied up a 2nd grader and didn't get fired?  Better you say because their test scores are higher, maybe not.  Two Rivers whose kids when they go to other schools find that you know maybe a spelling test wouldn't have been so bad.  There are many there or who have left because they aren't happy with the administration.

I've seen a lot of posts saying Brent's early ed. programs don't compare to Peabody.  I don't agree.  Brent has an amazing group of early ed. teachers who have done a great job.

Best comes down to opinion.

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