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[MN-Born-n-Raised]

In my opinion, the better rated schools have involved parents. So in summary, involved parents result in better test scores.

Involved students and involved parents == "better students". A bunch of better students together will result in a school that is called "better". College educated parents tend to understand the value of being involved and have a higher expectation of their Kid's education. College educated parents also typically make more money on average and can buy a nicer home. Hence, if there is a concentration of involved parents that happen to live in nicer homes, their Kid's tend on do better in school; that is the relationship to "better" schools.

In nearly every Twin City community, there is a subsection of parents that are heavily involved with their Kid's. Those children tend on being the better students in that schooll. Ask any teacher and they will tell you that parents of Kid's that do below average don't show up at conferences.

So long as a school district of choice has a Honors course work program, they will get a quality education if they want to push themselves. Additionally, you don't want to go to a school with a lot of low performing Kid's because they drag down the pace and the teachers turn into babysitters. If you dodge those districts and stay involved I think most districts are basically equivalent in quality.

[ozzie679]

Originally Posted by rcsteiner

No, I said there were some very bad schools in the Atlanta metro, not the Twin Cities.

The entire Clayton County school district lost its accreditation not long ago, for example, and there was a recent article in the AJC (Atlanta Journal Constitution) showing that a fairly high percentage of students in some school districts had to take remedial classes in college. You simply don't see that kind of stuff in the Twin Cities.

Sorry about that. I misread the post.

[CANanotech]

Not true Wayzata and Minnetonka schools are better on many accounts. Robinsdale is not a bad school just not as good. I am from Maple Grove but have known people who have gone through each of these schools.