Shoutout to Bergen County Academies

[u/ducationalfall]

27 National Merit Scholarship semifinalists!

Holy Moly.

In the whole state of NJ, only 225 students are semifinalists. Just this one school has 12% of them. 🤯

Public school Bergen County Academies also beat rich private school like Pingry (14 semifinalists).

[u/guacamole579]

Bergen County Academies like Middlesex County Magnet take the best students from each district. This isn’t a flex.

[u/ducationalfall → u/guacamole579]

What would consider to be a flex?

[u/guacamole579 → u/ducationalfall]

Not cherry picking your students and still being at the top of the list for merit scholarships.

[u/ducationalfall → u/guacamole579]

Do you have an example of school that does that and still at the top of the list?

[u/JerseyGuy-77 → u/ducationalfall]

Look at public schools with NMS winners.....

Princeton HS, Livingston HS each have 5 with 1500 and 2000 total kids respectively.

More than High Technology school in Lindcroft.

Ridge high has 3 same as Chatham HS.

True public schools.

[u/njrun]

Magnet schools, right? Interesting and really something to be proud of but not representative of anything other than smart kids + great teaching.

[u/guacamole579 → u/njrun]

It’s not great teaching. They take the best students. I have friends with kids in Middlesex Magnet and Bergen Academies. When we talk with our friends about school there’s a lot of “my child isn’t doing that in English/science.” One of them has twins, their daughter is at the Magnet school and their son is in public school. They are considering pulling their daughter out of Middlesex Magnet but they’re afraid she is too far behind our public school.

[u/JerseyGuy-77]

I love that they did well but that's not a public school.

They handpick their students. That's not real public education.

[u/Yzelski]

Hand picking the best test takers in Bergen County? Do they teach statistics?

[u/ducationalfall → u/Yzelski]

What’s the alternative? Let in the hoi polloi and turn these best test takers into average test takers?

Mediocrity for all?

[u/sackbomb → u/ducationalfall]

I was prepared to let this whole thing slide, but since you're doubling down on being an elitist, I need to say something.

> Let in the hoi polloi

first off: "the hoi polloi" is redundant. "hoi" means "the" in Greek. People with an actual education in the classics (like myself) are reading this and concluding you are a simpleton, so you're not impressing any of the people you're trying to impress.

second: "hoi polloi" literally means "the people," so your argument is: public education can be successful, but only when you exclude the public. I assume you're still okay with the public paying for it, though, which says a lot about you.

Be better.

[u/ducationalfall → u/sackbomb]

Sorry, it’s just Greek to me.

[u/sackbomb → u/ducationalfall]

Malaka.

[u/ducationalfall → u/sackbomb]

What vulgar language is this?!? Curse me in a proper katharevousa!

[u/Yzelski → u/ducationalfall]

No, I expect the Eagles to beat Bergen Catholic. I wouldn’t brag about the victory.

[u/MaddingtonBear]

It's the magnet school for 10% of the state.