Reply #86: You are misusing the word "anecdote".

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And you make education policy?

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/anecdote

anecdote <ˈænɪkˌdəʊt>
n
a short usually amusing account of an incident, esp a personal or biographical one

I'm not speaking about any incident. I am speaking about a breadth of experience. Before you hurl insults, you might see to your own education.

While we are at it, shall we look at the word "fact"?

fact (fkt)
n.
1. Knowledge or information based on real occurrences: an account based on fact; a blur of fact and fancy.
2.
a. Something demonstrated to exist or known to have existed: Genetic engineering is now a fact. That Chaucer was a real person is an undisputed fact.
b. A real occurrence; an event: had to prove the facts of the case.
c. Something believed to be true or real: a document laced with mistaken facts.
3. A thing that has been done, especially a crime: an accessory before the fact.
4. Law The aspect of a case at law comprising events determined by evidence: The jury made a finding of fact.
Idiom:

My life experience fits under definition #1:knowledge or information based on real occurences.

You might not accept the level of proof of that, but that is a different matter. Neither of us accept the proof of the other.

I've worked at Einstein, if that is what you are referring to, two other Silver Spring schools, and several Gaithersburg schools, three of which were Title 1 schools. Some of the schools are more challenged than others, and yes, socioeconomic status is the chief indicator, still, of good schools.