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Probably more that 50% of what makes a school good are the students that go to them. Once this is realized, fairly assigning students to the good schools become

• jessaustin 9y ago
  ...what makes a school good are the students... This claim seems probably true for university and probably false for kindergarten?
  • Symbiote 9y ago
    For school age children, the parents are very relevant. Some of the youngest schoolchildren already know how to read, count, say the alphabet, listen, and so on. Their parents read books to/with them, buy educational toys and so on. Other children have to learn all this at school. The parents of the children in the first group would prefer that the other children were similar. Parents who care more are also more likely to get problems solved -- whether that's a problem their own child has (e.g. a learning disability) or with the school. So in general, the quality of the teaching is often less important than the children and their parents.