I grew up in the greater New York Metropolitan area. I strongly considered various high schools to continue my private school education. I was lucky in that my “grade school” (K-9) offered instruction in many areas that left me ahead of my “normal’ grade- way ahead. I considered going to another private religious high school and to the Bronx High School of Science, among many others. I ended up not going to any of them- not because I didn’t want to, but because of the costs.
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No child left behind? Not if you are in the top 10%
This has been a problem forever. It seems that our public schools can only focus on one thing at a time. The results indicate the systems fail to educate those at the lower echelon and those at the higher echelon. And, with the latter, therein lies the real problem.
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