Oooooo, that is an interesting subtlety. I just went to niche.com and then used the search bar to navigate to Lincoln MA, and since I saw the pin in the map where the Lincoln school is, I figured that was the correct page. It was not readily apparent that there's a different page that captures both Lincoln & Hanscom together.
On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 6:42 PM Alice Waugh <[email protected]> wrote: > Note that there are two different entries on niche.com: > > Lincoln School: https://www.niche.com/k12/lincoln-school-lincoln-ma/ > > Lincoln Public Schools: > https://www.niche.com/k12/d/lincoln-public-schools-ma/ > > In his note to LincolnTalk, Mr. Dwyer supplied only the top-level link " > niche.com," so when I posted it in the Lincoln Squirrel with his > permission, I used the link to the Lincoln Public Schools. The Lincoln > School has slightly better metrics, presumably because it does not include > the Hanscom schools. > > Alice Waugh > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 6:37 PM Virginia Goodwin < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> FYI all, when I go to niche.com and look at Lincoln, MA public schools, >> I see that they give us an* A- *overall. >> >> Academics: *A* >> Teachers: *A-* >> Diversity: *A-* >> Literacy proficiency rate: *73%* >> Math proficiency rate: *75%* >> >> See: https://www.niche.com/k12/lincoln-school-lincoln-ma/ >> >> I can't speak to whether "niche.com" is a good source for judging the >> quality of our public schools, but at least since we were house-hunting >> back in 2014, Lincoln K-8 has always been rated quite highly across >> multiple sources. >> >> On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 1:34 PM JAY DWYER <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Why ? >>> >>> Here are the numbers for K-8 Lincoln Schools from : niche.com >>> >>> >>> 59% proficient in math >>> 61% proficient in english >>> >>> What grade do you get with 61% on a report card? >>> >>> You get an F for failure. >>> >>> We spent $13 million a year for our schools and this is what we get. >>> >>> People with the ability to pay $40,000 a year take their kids out of >>> Lincoln schools and put them in private schools like Fenn. >>> You know many families that have done this. >>> >>> We are not traditionally rigorous in teaching. One pair and told me she >>> “liked that her son was not pushed too hard in school” >>> >>> This is a poor foundation which is a recipe for failure in future grades >>> and in life. >>> >>> I have a solution they will not cost any money. >>> >>> 1) Written homework every night that is graded and handed back the next >>> morning with a traditional % grade. >>> >>> 2) The final exam every week on what you learned that week. >>> >>> 3) A report card every Monday morning with average scores of Homeworks >>> and grade on the final exam with a rank in class. >>> >>> I experience this program for three years in 6/7 and eighth grade. I >>> went through Central Catholic high school in Lawrence it was easy. I >>> graduated with a degree in economics from Georgetown university and felt >>> 100% confident that I could learn anything. >>> >>> If these ideas makes sense to you I ask for your vote on March 28 for >>> Lincoln school committee. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> >>> Joseph Dwyer >>> >>> Lincoln School Board Candidate >>> 6 Emerson Rd >>> Lincoln, Ma 01773 >>> [email protected] >>> 603.560.1787 c >>> >>> >>> -- >>> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >>> To post, send mail to [email protected]. >>> Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. >>> Browse the archives at >>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >>> Change your subscription settings at >>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >>> >>> -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to [email protected]. >> Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. >> Browse the archives at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> >>
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