Off topic for an off day...just read the Inquirer´s lengthy report/media presentation, "Report Card on the Schools, a Decade of Change" whereby they rated all the schools, public and private in the Greater Philadelphia Area in a number of various categories. Included were things like enrollment, techers´salaries, most sports programs offered, SAT scores, number of students attending four-year colleges, etc. etc. The report included the five counties in SE PA and three neighboring counties in NJ.
The results baffled me somewhat, in some categories at least. It looks to me like, overall, Lower Merion rates the highest, along with Haddonfield across the river. Upper Dublin also came out quite well, but virtually none of the football powerhouses, with the exception of the Prep, graded out very highly.
You might want to take a look at this if you´ve got some extra time. And I´d be interested in hearing some afterthoughts. Is having a good football program not conducive to having a quality education program? Is there some kind of negative connection there? I´m pondering these theories, but I´m coming up blank....
The results baffled me somewhat, in some categories at least. It looks to me like, overall, Lower Merion rates the highest, along with Haddonfield across the river. Upper Dublin also came out quite well, but virtually none of the football powerhouses, with the exception of the Prep, graded out very highly.
You might want to take a look at this if you´ve got some extra time. And I´d be interested in hearing some afterthoughts. Is having a good football program not conducive to having a quality education program? Is there some kind of negative connection there? I´m pondering these theories, but I´m coming up blank....
