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[quote=Anonymous]I have a background in education and agree with most of the negative posts here.

We used to live in the Boston suburbs so I am also very familiar with the schools Massachusetts. I agree with the MA teacher that the standards are outrageously higher there. That said, the "tutor culture" is also rampant in Massachusetts. As much as it is here. In that sense, it is not so different.

What bothers me the most is how FCPS, the schools, the neighborhood parents constantly boast about how strong these schools are, using test scores and math competitions to prove it. I find that most parents are actually quite satisfied with the neighborhood schools. My kids went through FCPS AAP, too, in one of the cream-of-the-crop schools and, sure it's great that they had every opportunity under the sun, but if parents have to prepare them outside of school, then the results are no reflection on the quality of the school! As many others have said, the success of many of these schools is entirely based on the driven, academically focused, well-off parents.

You still might want to move to the neighborhood for the opportunities themselves or for the peers--but don't do it for the education.

The one thing I will say is that the education my kids received at Longfellow and McLean was dramatically better. Pretty much everyone I know agrees. My friends a couple blocks away in Arlington seem to have a different experience.[/quote]

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