Best in the Nation

[Unkotare]

MA public schools are the best in the nation, and among the best in the world.

Why Do Massachusetts Public Schools Lead the Nation?


But it's complicated.

 

[Unkotare]

Looks like it can be done.

 

[DGS49]

It is all demographics. Achievement gap? Genes will prevail.

 

[Unkotare]

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[Natural Citizen]

Depends on the locals. It can be done. It has to be a local effort, though.

 

[anotherlife]

There was an interesting study, that when your physical needs are all met, then it is really only your genetics that determine how much better or worse you are than the others.

 

[harmonica]

Dental disease, for instance, is one of the most common reasons kids miss school.

interesting...who would ever have thought that?

“In BPS, we start segregating kids at very young ages,” he said, noting that children are separated by ability starting in the fourth grade in ways that often correlate with race and linguistic background.

?? wow