Philadlephia Magazine 50 best school districts 2008.

[solibs]

Originally Posted by toobusytoday

What is up with all this talk about rankings and numbers? If you ask me, those numbers have to do with what school preps the best and how much pressure is put on the kids. I'm all about good schools but there is more to life then whether a school (or a district) is ranked the best.

It also seems to be about who has the money to hire the best teachers and have the smallest class sizes.

I'm sure the differences between the top 30 schools on this list are negligible yet people get all worked up about it because they're hyper-competitive snobs.

[theflight]

What an interesting thread. I find it to be highly pretentious and slightly elitist to ity to boast about how our schools are better in NJ. So what? I'm sure they are all good schools. With my desire to leave this area to PA, I am concerned about where my children can get a decent education, yes, but I am more concerned with the people they will be surrounded by. If they are the kinds of people that are more concerned about what Ivy League they will be on track for by the time they are in eighth grade, I say no thank you. I want character, respect for their parents, and most importantly compassion and kindness towards others. I understand that it is not realistic that you will find this in any town today, but I am a firm believer that Top schools and money are NOT necessarily hand-in-hand with the qualities I am discussing...this thread is proof of that. That's my two-cents and I hope that we can all get along. As far as Moorestown is concerned-there's the good, the bad and the ugly with all things related to a town. NJ Cop Robert Melia Taped Having Sex with Cows - True Crime Report . That fact is, no matter how good the schools are, you have the good and bad. Here is the sad reality of such in this article found on another NJ thread to my point. We teach our children who to become by how we bahave. I hope that we can at least agree on that. I don't care if my kid goes to Harvard or Yale. I hope that they are good people who can contribute possitively to society...not like that loser in the above article.

[Duderino]

Originally Posted by solibs

It also seems to be about who has the money to hire the best teachers and have the smallest class sizes.

I'm sure the differences between the top 30 schools on this list are negligible yet people get all worked up about it because they're hyper-competitive snobs.

I agree completely. Whether you're in South Jersey or SEPA -- with the notable exceptions of Philadelphia, Camden, and a handful of other municipalities with a notorious reputation for primary education -- you'd seriously have to try to find a sub-par school district. With affluence being fairly common in the suburbs, the property tax system ensures that most districts are well-funded.