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Test rankings alone should not determine schools' successes. They could be indicative that students are not prepared well for standardized testings, or standardized tests are not testing what is taught in schools.
That's a sad statement. Children born in rural areas deserve the chance to have their share of the American dream.
I dont blame the children. I blame "alot" of the parents for not doing anything. Some work hard to get their children better education and it shows. Some dont do anything. It starts at home. For example, If you are not taught to study at home then guess what.. you wont do good on test.
I dont blame the children. I blame "alot" of the parents for not doing anything. Some work hard to get their children better education and it shows. Some dont do anything. It starts at home. For example, If you are not taught to study at home then guess what.. you wont do good on test.
That's an overly simplistic way of looking at things. Of course parental involvement matters a great deal but there are other factors at work as well.
There's an argument to be made that the performance of rural schools says more about a state's educational system than how schools in major population centers perform.
That's an overly simplistic way of looking at things. Of course parental involvement matters a great deal but there are other factors at work as well.
There's an argument to be made that the performance of rural schools says more about a state's educational system than how schools in major population centers perform.
Its not that simple. Good schools attract families who are interested in good schools so it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. Bad schools do just the opposite. If a school is ranked poorly, those with the means and the desire move to a better school do so leaving the rest behind. So what normally would constitute a "D" would now constitute an "A" because the performance of the entire class is now slipping. A school can't fail the entire class because it doesn't meet the performance level of a top rated magnet school down the street. They either have to lower their standards or pull off a miracle.
While it's easy to blame the state, people have to remember it's not the state's job to raise kids. The majority of the work and support is done at home. If you want to improve school performance in these areas, you would have to essentially make a boarding school environment where the state controls every aspect of the student's lives, not just the 6 hours or so they're at school. Its much easier to perform well at school if your parents encourage it, aren't addicts, are married and stable, don't expect you to help raise 5 other siblings, and don't have 10 people living in a 2 bedroom house. It's not a level playing field and there's little the state can do about aside from encouraging a thriving economy.
This is true all over the country. The states with the best overall educational performance still have rough underperforming schools who can't seem to ever do well regardless of what is done to improve them.
SC schools are county schools and there can be some districts in the county like Dorchester 1, Dorchester 2, etc.
Within a county it can vary widely. As an example Charleston County School District (one district only) has some of SC's highest performing High Schools, Academic Magnet, Charleston School of the Arts, Wando High. Charleston County School District also has some of SC's poorest performing High Schools, St John's High, Burke High.
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