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Today's Question: How Do You Measure Education?
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A recent Washington Post analysis has ranked Harrison as the top school in Westchester County when comparing the number of students to number of advanced-level tests taken by a graduating class. Meanwhile, an analysis by Westchester Magazine last year placed Harrison as the worst out of 40 municipalities in the county to live, partially because of its schools, which the magazine gave a 3 rating out of 10.
The Washington Post rankings, created by columnist Jay Mathews doesn't claim to establish the quality of education given at each school, but does "reveal the level of a high school’s commitment to preparing average students for college," according to the Washington Post article.
The Westchester Magazine article claims to have used public data to come to its conclusion.
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Today's question asks you how much weight you place in rankings and numbers when evaluating Harrison's public education? Does Harrison's rank in stories like this matter to you? If not, how do you measure the quality of Harrison's schools?
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