Best football / academic school combo
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I would say this is incorrect. Stevenson is locked by housing prices and Loyola has admissions standards.
Admissions for loyola certainly matter. I'm just staying from a pure numbers standpoint that the average scores should be brought down.
Look at the number of low income students that go to Stevenson. 2%. Minimal low cost housing attending Stevenson’s.
Rich people can have unintelligent kids and poor people can have intelligent kids. There's so much more that goes into the equation.
While true, a higher quantity of students with lower income and means will certainly affect test scores and GPA's.
Due to schooling provided, culture, home life, etc. Like I said, way more to it. Very hard to quantify based on one variable.
Of course and many of those things are directly related to poverty and household income. For instance, East Aurora didn't have buses for students until about 2-3 years ago, that makes it tough to get to school.
Stevenson also has Westmoreland Drive east of il 83 which is a lot of duplexes and apartments.
Not denying that. However there’s a reason Stevenson is widely considered one of the top schools in the country. $$$.
Genes and family are biggest predictor of academic success
Whether children will enjoy academic success can be now predicted at birth, a new study suggests. The study found that parents' socioeconomic status and children's inherited DNA differences are powerful predictors of educational achievement.
www.sciencedaily.com
"Nature and Nurture."
“can be now”.Genes and family are biggest predictor of academic success
Whether children will enjoy academic success can be now predicted at birth, a new study suggests. The study found that parents' socioeconomic status and children's inherited DNA differences are powerful predictors of educational achievement.www.sciencedaily.com
"Nature and Nurture."
already lost me.
Fair enough, I think we are generally on the same page here. I think the most impressive thing about Stevenson is how they utilize those funds as compared to other schools.
I grew up in Englewood, one of four kids with a single mom. Not what I would call "white privilege." But you know what ? We were surrounded by books. My mother was a teacher, and she instilled in all of us lifelong reading habits. It paid off. I got a four-year ride to a high school noted for its athletics but no slouch in the academic department. And then I went on from there. As someone said above, both nature and nurture were the determining factors.
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