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yeoman6987

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2. Americans love ranking

Reply to immoderate (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 30, 2015, 02:00 PM

Nov 2015

We do it with practically everything. You think Americans are going to be happy with Harvard being equal to community colleges? Good luck! And as far as high schools go. People move to areas that have the best schools and pay more in property taxes. It will take generations to get the ranking out of Americans minds.

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The Place Where Ranking Schools Proves They're Actually Equal [View all] elleng Nov 2015 OP

The US system is based on doing the opposite of what the Finns do. immoderate Nov 2015 #1

Americans love ranking yeoman6987 Nov 2015 #2