The Educated Reporter: How many PhDs’ children go to your urban public schools?

The Educated Reporter: How many PhDs’ children go to your urban public schools?

How many PhDs’ children go to your urban public schools?

by Linda Perlstein

2 people liked this

When finalists were announced for the 2010 Broad Prize for Urban Education, I did not give much though to the inclusion of Montgomery County, Md. I did not give much thought to any of the finalists, really. But today I saw the video on the Montgomery County Public Schools website—I covered MCPS for the Post years ago and check in there from time to time—that highlighted the Broad visit and couldn’t help but laugh when I saw the officials at Julius West Middle School. Julius West is a couple of miles from one of the most affluent communities on earth. Heard of Potomac? Not what I would call “urban.”

Yes, there are swaths of poverty in the county, and lots of new immigrants. But Montgomery County has the