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Old 08-28-2015, 07:48 AM
 
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The Colfax feeder neighborhoods have the highest concentration of parents with advanced degrees. While neither wealth nor education is indicative of intelligence, if I had to go out on a limb, I'd venture that college professors, doctoral candidates and physicians tend to be more "gifted" than typical upper-middle class suburbanites.
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Old 08-28-2015, 07:51 AM
 
Location: Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh
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You must spread some reputation around before giving it to doo dah again.
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Old 08-28-2015, 07:56 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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It doesn't make one gifted but it does enable schools in those areas to attract better educators.
It was of course a sarcastic oversimplification, but you are drawing it back to the classic assumption that money simply attracts better educators. Sometimes true, sometimes not. Having gone through one of these very wealthy Pittsburgh suburban districts, my experience was mixed. A handful of excellent teachers but far more mediocre but passable. Tenure is a mean mistress.
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Old 08-28-2015, 07:59 AM
 
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FWIW, it's incredibly hard to get a teaching job in metro Pittsburgh. There are a wealth of qualified candidates who would be willing to work in the majority of local school districts.
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Old 08-28-2015, 08:15 AM
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Spelling police would do well to check their posts.

Also: Do you live in the richest town in Pennsylvania? Find out here | PennLive.com
1. There is a difference in a typo and spelling kindergarten twice wrong and on top of that claiming your child is gifted.
2. Rosslyn Farms has a median income of only $121,786. That is peanuts compared to FC's $183,750. Get your facts straight.

Seems people are easily lead by your incorrect information.

Enjoy.
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Old 08-28-2015, 08:25 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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The Colfax feeder neighborhoods have the highest concentration of parents with advanced degrees. While neither wealth nor education is indicative of intelligence, if I had to go out on a limb, I'd venture that college professors, doctoral candidates and physicians tend to be more "gifted" than typical upper-middle class suburbanites.
Past test scores from Colfax suggest that it would be no better than "average" when compared to other schools in the suburban Pittsburgh region. Nearly one-third of the children enrolled are on free/reduced lunch- a clear indicator of poverty within the school. It would be most unfair to compare the rigorous curriculum of an affluent suburb (like a Fox Chapel, QV, North Allegheny, Mt. Lebo, etc.) to what the Colfax school administrators can emulate in their school settings. The negative correlation between poverty and school achievement/curriculum is predominant at Colfax, and the scores support this correlation. This is true, despite the fact that the school may have the children of some affluent parents due to the geography, or not, because of the private school options.

http://www.schooldigger.com/go/PA/sc...22/school.aspx

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Old 08-28-2015, 08:31 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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It must be rough to have kids so delicate that standing next to somebody poor hurts their education.
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Old 08-28-2015, 08:36 AM
 
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Past test scores from Colfax suggest that it would be no better than "average" when compared to other schools in the suburban Pittsburgh region. Nearly one-third of the children enrolled are on free/reduced lunch- a clear indicator of poverty within the school. It would be most unfair to compare the rigorous curriculum of an affluent suburb (like a Fox Chapel, QV, North Allegheny, Mt. Lebo, etc.) to what the Colfax school administrators can emulate in their school settings. The negative correlation between poverty and school achievement/curriculum is predominant at Colfax, and the scores support this correlation. This is true, despite the fact that the school may have the children of some affluent parents due to the geography, or not, because of the private school options.

Pittsburgh Colfax K-8 School in Pittsburgh PA - SchoolDigger.com
Dig deeper. The PPS site shows test scores broken down by race. Test scores for non-black Colfax students are as good or better than the wealthy suburban districts. Most of the black kids at Colfax have poor, uneducated parents. That's why they score poorly (although they score higher than kids of similar backgrounds at other schools). That should tell you that the education at Colfax is top notch.

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Old 08-28-2015, 08:48 AM
 
Location: Awkward Manor
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1. There is a difference in a typo and spelling kindergarten twice wrong and on top of that claiming your child is gifted.
2. Rosslyn Farms has a median income of only $121,786. That is peanuts compared to FC's $183,750. Get your facts straight.

Seems people are easily lead by your incorrect information.

Enjoy.
1. I hear the sound of back-pedaling. "Typo".

2. Cite for your information? Mine is from June 2015.

Next.


OP, I wouldn't like to suggest that GG is like all the people of Fox Chapel, but...
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Old 08-28-2015, 08:56 AM
 
Location: North Oakland
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Seems people are easily lead by your incorrect information.
It begins again.
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