Newsweek's Idea of a Top Ten School

James Taranto reports this great moment in education thanks to Newsweek Magazine:

Let's Hope the Top Nine Did Better"

Hillsborough High School in Tampa earned a D grade from the state last year," reports the St. Petersburg Times. "And under federal standards, it fell far short." But there's good news (emphasis in original): "On Monday, Newsweek magazine named it the 10th best high school in the country. In the country."

Well, at least Hillsborough students can be thankful they don't go to the 11th-best school--or, even more so, that they don't live in New York City. As best we can tell, the city's highest-ranking school in the Newsweek list is Cardozo High in the Queens neighborhood of Bayside, which finishes at No. 471.
(Hat tip: Orin Kerr.)

I'm guessing Newsweek's priorities in education are a little screwed up.