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WhiskeyGrinder

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1. So let me get this straight:

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Tue Oct 10, 2023, 10:52 AM

Oct 2023

Schools that have money poured into them and that teach students that come from full-employment households that have adequate food and housing and guaranteed health care outperform the wider population??? AMAZING.

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Who Runs the Best U.S. Schools? It May Be the Defense Department. [View all] dalton99a Oct 2023 OP

So let me get this straight: WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2023 #1

Succinctly put redqueen Oct 2023 #2

I'd add that when the teacher calls and says little Johnny was bad in school, jimfields33 Oct 2023 #6

Absolutely. You didn't misbehave. It would reflect badly on you military parent. Squaredeal Oct 2023 #11

this gets packaged as IB mopinko Oct 2023 #8

I grew up in DoD schools. Aristus Oct 2023 #3

I think our education system must still be pretty good, in general. Elessar Zappa Oct 2023 #4

Thank you. That's good to know. I always listen to the teachers. Aristus Oct 2023 #5

Half of US students are not at grade level redqueen Oct 2023 #9

that curriculum is what ib is all about. mopinko Oct 2023 #7

Same here Redleg Oct 2023 #10

The education offered by DOD schools are equivalent to many private institutions, Squaredeal Oct 2023 #12

My deceased wife, who attended DOD schools overseas through high school, also commented... Squaredeal Oct 2023 #13

My kids attended DoD schools for some of their elementary years. Wingus Dingus Oct 2023 #14