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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am so frustrated.  :x Why is it that you have to spend close to a million dollars, or more, on a home, just so your kid can get a quality education without paying $30,000 a year?  It's as if a child doesn't deserve a good education, unless their parents make a certain amount of money, & can afford to live in "the right neighborhood".  This seems to be the case in DC, MD, & VA.

I consider us a middle class family, if that exists anymore, & Great Schools gives every school in the neighborhoods that we can afford an average of a "4".  We can't afford the neighborhoods ranking schools 7 and up.

I'm sorry, but I just believe whether you make $1,000,000 a year, or $30,000 a year, each child deserves the best.

My rant for the day.[/quote]

The problem here is that the metric you are using by which to judge a good school is one that is very highly correlated with income. Rich kids do well on standardized test scores. The kids make the school, not vice versa.[/quote]

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