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Best Places to Educate Children

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(Newser) – Wondering where’s the best place to educate your children? Compiling scores from various criteria--strength of the public school system, options for private schools, library popularity, the abundance of higher-learning institutions—Forbes magazine made a list of the best educational environments. Here’s the top ten:

  1. Washington, DC-Arlington, VA
  2. Madison, WI
  3. Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA

  1. Baltimore-Towson, MD
  2. Akron, OH
  3. Columbus, OH
  4. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
  5. Syracuse, NY
  6. St. Louis, MO
  7. Ann Arbor, MI

A woman walks through the Arlington, Va. neighborhood of Clarendon, outside of Washington, Monday, Dec. 3, 2007.
A woman walks through the Arlington, Va. neighborhood of Clarendon, outside of Washington, Monday, Dec. 3, 2007.   (Associated Press)
The Wisconsin state capitol in Madison, WI.
The Wisconsin state capitol in Madison, WI.   (Shutter Stock)
Education is an amazing journey for your child.
Education is an amazing journey for your child.   (Shutter Stock)
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JonmarkP
Jun 13, 09 5:40 PM CDT
Notice that the DC politicians take care of their kids first with our tax money. No surprises there. And you can bet that this applies only to select high-income (meaning white) neighborhoods in DC. Arlington is as white and rich as it's possible to be. Reply
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