Our children are our future, as long as there's no math or reading comprehension involved.

I'm not sure which is more depressing: the fact that none -- not one -- of Rhode Island's public high schools were listed in the Washington Post's annual ranking of American high schools, or that the college admissions consultant consulted by GoLocalProv.com was not at all surprised by it. Sure, it's a small state, and our three dozen public high schools only account for a fraction of the country's, but still. With 1,200 spots available on the list, you'd think that we'd at least snag one. Right?