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Originally Posted by katd30
So... Sorry for the long post. My mind just kind of kept spiraling and I blabber a lot. But here is a good question, I think: What do the schools on the list receive? Maybe not from Newsweek, but in terms of funding and publicity?
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Bragging rights, really. "Send your kid here! Newsweek ranked us the top in the state!"
Which in turn, helps the school. The more you can "brag", the more kids apply. As more kids apply, the competitveness goes up. Ideally, the smarter kids will get in, and the collaboritive intelligence goes up.
Although, don't get me wrong, letting kids who aren't as 'smart', but want to learn, into the system does just as much, if not more, good than just letting 'smart' kids in.