We lived in a town, Whippany NJ that was close to Bell Labs and Allied Chemical - this was 40 years ago. We would see lots of corporate transplants. I would meet them at soccer games and other kids events. They invariably spoke of how good our schools were. For me - a lifelong Jersey Boy, I saw our schools as nothing out of the ordinary …
We lived in a town, Whippany NJ that was close to Bell Labs and Allied Chemical - this was 40 years ago. We would see lots of corporate transplants. I would meet them at soccer games and other kids events. They invariably spoke of how good our schools were. For me - a lifelong Jersey Boy, I saw our schools as nothing out of the ordinary and knew that 3 towns in our county had "better" schools so better test scores. Across the Northeast you would find the same - schools routinely good. Of course poor cities are challenge, but they are a challenge across the board, not just schools.
We lived in a town, Whippany NJ that was close to Bell Labs and Allied Chemical - this was 40 years ago. We would see lots of corporate transplants. I would meet them at soccer games and other kids events. They invariably spoke of how good our schools were. For me - a lifelong Jersey Boy, I saw our schools as nothing out of the ordinary and knew that 3 towns in our county had "better" schools so better test scores. Across the Northeast you would find the same - schools routinely good. Of course poor cities are challenge, but they are a challenge across the board, not just schools.