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I don't believe this is true. Look at a state like Connecticut, which features very affluent areas and very poor areas within. If you like at the top performin

by larrik 10y ago

I don't believe this is true. Look at a state like Connecticut, which features very affluent areas and very poor areas within. If you like at the top performing schools, sure the best ones tend to be in affluent areas, and the worst ones are in cities, but that's not at all how much money gets spent per student. For instance, the town in the state with the absolutely lowest spending per student, Wolcott, is one of the top school districts in the state, and even has a school that won the national "Blue Ribbon" aware for excellence last year. There are also numerous studies (which I'm way too lazy to go find) that indicate the affluence of the parents to be more important than the affluence of the school on a child's school success (this article is about adult income, though).

maxerickson 10y ago
How do the schools in Connecticut compare to the schools in a state like Nebraska? I ask because I think it can be hard to generalize from an area like Connecticut that is really quite high population density and quite wealthy to the US in general (in CT a student might be a reasonable distance to 3 or 4 large high schools. In Nebraska, they might be a reasonable distance to 1 tiny school).
- larrik 10y ago
  I can't truly speak for the whole country, but Connecticut schools seem to be a class above most anywhere else. Every time I've considered moving somewhere cheaper, the school system research is completely depressing. I know parents who tried to move to Florida and found the schools to be 2 years behind CT grade-level-wise (so their 4th grader is learning stuff they learned in 2nd grade in CT). They actually simply moved back, it was that bad. Keep in mind that CT is a bit of a sinking ship, with companies and jobs leaving, and the population often following it. It's not some place that everyone is flocking to, but it has a long history of being at the forefront of things like education and mental health. I've also heard, from numerous people, that having a few years experience as a teacher here in CT will make getting a job teaching in most other places completely trivial.
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by larrik 10y ago

maxerickson 10y ago

How do the schools in Connecticut compare to the schools in a state like Nebraska? I ask because I think it can be hard to generalize from an area like Connecticut that is really quite high population density and quite wealthy to the US in general (in CT a student might be a reasonable distance to 3 or 4 large high schools. In Nebraska, they might be a reasonable distance to 1 tiny school).

larrik 10y ago
I can't truly speak for the whole country, but Connecticut schools seem to be a class above most anywhere else. Every time I've considered moving somewhere cheaper, the school system research is completely depressing. I know parents who tried to move to Florida and found the schools to be 2 years behind CT grade-level-wise (so their 4th grader is learning stuff they learned in 2nd grade in CT). They actually simply moved back, it was that bad. Keep in mind that CT is a bit of a sinking ship, with companies and jobs leaving, and the population often following it. It's not some place that everyone is flocking to, but it has a long history of being at the forefront of things like education and mental health. I've also heard, from numerous people, that having a few years experience as a teacher here in CT will make getting a job teaching in most other places completely trivial.

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