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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NAEYC accreditation has nothing to do with being a feeder or a great school.   Many government funded daycares are required to be accredited in order to receive funding.   [/quote]

I largely agree with this, but accreditation does ensure that certain benchmarks are met.

More importantly, there is a big difference between a feeder and a great school.  Being a feeder is mostly about relationships.  If X is a feeder to Y, the admissions staff at Y will know the administration at X well and will give more credence to their recommendations.  There can also be other relationship dynamics at play.  There is an element of Y feeling X prepares kids well, but that is only part of it.

Conversely, there can be lots of great schools that aren't feeders generally, or to particular schools.  It doesn't mean they don't prepare children as well or better, but there is less of an established track record of having kids go from one school to another and likely not the same relationship between administrations.  Plenty of kids get in from "non-feeders," so it is hardly a kiss of death.[/quote]

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