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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know several people in Texas and they have to home school. The schools started teaching creationism and the teachers were not really very progressive. I think Montgomery County is one of the most progressive districts in the country so it is very hard to compare it to Texas.

That said, I am really scared for the rest of the country [b]if Montgomery County is supposed to be that good. [/b]Last year, my son had a great teacher. This year, his teacher doesn't seem all that organized and he doesn't seem to be learning as much. It's always going to depend on the teacher but Texas schools seem super scary. It might not have been as bad a while ago.[/quote]

MCPS PR folks don't tell you what the fine print says.

"Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is the 5th best school district in America in terms of delivering high student performance at a low cost, according to a new analysis published in Forbes magazine. MCPS ranked the highest of any school system in Maryland and the Washington, D.C. region on the list of 97 districts studied by Forbes. "
 
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.asp...tYear=2007&pageNumber=10&mode=
 
NOTE that "school district" means:  "[b]The Forbes analysis focused on 775 counties with more than 65,000 residents that had the highest average property taxes.[/b] Forbes narrowed the final list to 97 by looking at the jurisdictions where more than 50 percent of the education spending came from property taxes. The study examined the per pupil spending costs adjusted for the cost of living in these communities and compared them with national student performance indicators such as SAT scores and participation rates and high school graduation rates. "

That leaves out a LOT of school districts.

I don't believe for a New York minute that MCPS is truly the 5th best school district in America.[/quote]

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