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Old 05-06-2012, 11:16 PM
 
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457 out of 545 for the entire school district.........Wow!
Why is it so hard to understand that talking about the Pittsburgh Public Schools in general is pointless? It's a large system. Quality varies. Some schools are great/akin to their suburban counterparts. Even within schools that are generally not thriving, there are pockets of students in distinct programs (CAS, IB, etc.) who are outperforming the system substantially. Assuming that every school within PPS shares the same statistics and performance level as the system in general holds no merit. It's like saying that everyone in Pittsburgh must make $18,816 because that's the city's per capita income as a whole. Sometimes the greater pictures doesn't speak to wide variabilities within the individual constituents of that picture.

I don't know why I'm trying to explain this, because you are obviously not the sort of person who listens.

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Arguing with social engineers is pointless.
I'm fairly certain that you don't know what "social engineer" means.
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Old 05-06-2012, 11:25 PM
 
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Why is it so hard to understand that talking about the Pittsburgh Public Schools in general is pointless? It's a large system. Quality varies. Some schools are great/akin to their suburban counterparts. Even within schools that are generally not thriving, there are pockets of students in distinct programs (CAS, IB, etc.) who are outperforming the system substantially. Assuming that every school within PPS shares the same statistics and performance level as the system in general holds no merit. It's like saying that everyone in Pittsburgh must make $18,816 because that's the city's per capita income as a whole. Sometimes the greater pictures doesn't speak to wide variabilities within the individual constituents of that picture.

I don't know why I'm trying to explain this, because you are obviously not the sort of person who listens.



I'm fairly certain that you don't know what "social engineer" means.
That general ranking only bolsters the studies I provided documenting Carrick High School's paltry 63% graduation rate(FIVE years to complete). He wanted stats, and he received them. Sorry it doesn't fit his or your agenda.

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Old 05-07-2012, 05:44 AM
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As this thread continues I'd like to remind everybody to stay civil and on topic.
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Old 05-07-2012, 09:30 AM
 
Location: Washington County, PA
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Carrick High School has a graduation rate of 63%.........and that's allowing for FIVE years to graduate!

http://www.aplusschools.org/pdf/cspr10/A+2010-high.pdf (broken link)

http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand...RAND_WR372.pdf

Click on rankings on the link below. Even I wouldn't have thought it was that bad. Source: PA Dept of Education...........

Carrick High School, Pittsburgh PA School Profile, Ranking, and Reviews - SchoolDigger.com

457 out of 545 for the entire Pittsburgh Public School district vs. the other school districts in Pennsylvania.........Wow!

Pennsylvania State Districts - PA School District Rankings / Pittsburgh School District Rank

Arguing with social engineers is pointless.
What are you gonna tell me next? Pittsburgh has worse schools than Africa? Lighten up

BTW you didn't read your source correctly.
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Old 05-07-2012, 12:14 PM
 
Location: Pennsylvania
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As this thread continues I'd like to remind everybody to stay civil and on topic.
Yac.
I'm afraid that these threads that attempt to rank, for the nth time, which local neighborhoods are "best" or better than the others are inherently uncivil, and the criteria used to determine how each neighborhood should be categorized includes everything under the sun.

Sooner or later it will end with statistics about whether neighborhood X has more or is more __________ than neighborhood Y.
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Old 05-08-2012, 11:19 PM
 
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What are you gonna tell me next? Pittsburgh has worse schools than Africa? Lighten up

BTW you didn't read your source correctly.
Settle down. For goodness' sake, how many stats do you want? PPS isn't Central Catholic or Mt. Lebanon.

Would you rather send your kid to Langley or Keystone Oaks? Carrick or Brentwood? ..........etc, etc. Why are you so defensive?

Do you need a field trip?

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