Just what the world needs, another list of top high schools. First was Newsweek, with the top 1,200 high schools. Now U.S. News & World Report, which almost singlehandedly caused the “get into one of these 20 colleges or just go smoke crack and live in a homeless shelter now” frenzy, has released the top 100 “Gold” schools.
Not a single Connecticut school made the cut. Not Madison, Guilford, Amity, Darien, Greenwich or Avon. Zippo.
Of the 405 “Silver” schools, one Greater New Haven school is on the list: Madison’s Hand H.S. As the philospher Dale Earnhardt once said “Second place is the just the first place loser.”
There were 1,086 “Bronze” schools. Cooperative and Hill Regional high schools in New Haven represented Greater New Haven.
I guess there’s something to be learned from these lists. Take more AP classes, Study harder. Don’t read U.S. News & World Report. Stay off crack.