U.S. News has come out with its list of the best high schools in the United States. Andy Rotherham of Education Sector explains the thinking behind the list. Jay Mathews at The Washington Post, who compiles his own list each year with Newsweek, has a very thoughtful reply to the new rankings, including interviews with administrators and other experts, many of whom question the idea of even ranking high schools at all. Check out the rankings and the debate; they make for some interesting reading.
[thanks to the Principal's Policy Blog for pointing to me to these]
Wow! Just went to check out that list and I attended the #1 magnet high school (Thomas Jefferson) 15 years ago. I am definitely grateful to have had the experience, which was more rigorous than most of my undergrad college experience. Even though I've accumulated a few degrees since, I had my H.S. diploma framed... I earned every square centimeter of that one!
Posted by: Maria | December 05, 2007 at 09:10 PM
Wow...I went to that TJHSST too. Small blogosphere.
Posted by: Dennis Harter | December 06, 2007 at 12:46 AM