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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS isn't so great because of the barriers to education all children face.  Children with highly educated parents and whose parents have the means to supplement where the school system lacks in instruction do have a huge advantage over children with limited resources.  Your can shuffle the kids around, bus them here and there, but the socio-economic barrier will still be there.  The numbers will just be smoothed out per school populations.
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No. You are assuming that a given child with poor and less-educated parents will do the same, academically, regardless of the school the child goes to. But that is not true.[b] A given child with poor, less-educated parents will do better, academically, if it goes to a school with lots of non-poor, more-educated parents than if it goes to a school where all of the other children also have poor, less-educated parents.[[/b]/quote]

Aaah...because maybe the "non-poor more-educated parent" will adopt this child and take him home?

Did not know "Brangelina" were MoCo residents! [/quote]

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