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copteacher
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 Posted: 10/06/03 - 20:39 Post subject: Smartest states????
Smartest -> least smart
How does YOUR state rank?
1. Massachusetts
2. Vermont
3. Connecticut
4. Montana
5. New Jersey
6. Maine
7. Pennsylvania
8. (tie) Wisconsin and Iowa
10. New York
11. Nebraska
12. Minnesota
13. Indiana
14. Wyoming
15. Kansas
16. Rhode Island
17. Virginia
18. Maryland
19. Delaware
20. Michigan
21. North Carolina
22. Ohio
23. Alaska
24. North Dakota
25. Utah
26. New Hampshire
27. Illinois
28. Missouri
29. West Virginia
30. Idaho
31. South Dakota
32. Oregon
33. Washington
34. Texas
35. Colorado
36. Georgia
37. Kentucky
38. Arkansas
39. Oklahoma
40. Florida
41. South Carolina
42. Tennessee
43. Hawaii
44. California
45. Arizona
46. Alabama
47. Louisiana
48. Mississippi
49. Nevada
50. New Mexico
criteria
here are the findings of the Education State Rankings, a survey by Morgan Quitno Press of the public school systems in all 50 states. States were graded on a variety of factors based on how they compare to the national average. These included such positive attributes as per-pupil expenditures, public high school graduation rates, average class size, student reading and math proficiency, and pupil-teacher ratios. States received negative points for high drop-out rates and physical violence.
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copteacher
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Posted: 10/06/03 - 20:40 Post subject:
I see the northeast is well represented...
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thegman
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Posted: 10/06/03 - 20:42 Post subject:
There must be an error. Georgia is waaaaaay too high on the list.
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Laurie Ellen
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Posted: 10/06/03 - 20:47 Post subject:
I have no response to this.
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TimRuns
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Posted: 10/06/03 - 21:13 Post subject:
| Laurie Ellen wrote: | | I have no response to this. |
But you just responded 
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kattzoo
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Posted: 10/06/03 - 21:15 Post subject:
Dag...Texas is much higher than I anticipated. I was thinking somewhere around 47.
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Laurie Ellen
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Posted: 10/06/03 - 21:17 Post subject:
| TimRuns wrote: | | Laurie Ellen wrote: | | I have no response to this. |
But you just responded |
Shhhh!!
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 10/06/03 - 21:22 Post subject:
What?? We moved up? I know 2 years ago we were 49th... beating only Mississippi. I'm proud to say I'm from the state with the 47th best education in the nation.
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camelia bedelia
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Posted: 10/06/03 - 21:28 Post subject:
Since Iowa comes before Wisconsin, I think we technically beat them.
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spongebob
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Posted: 10/06/03 - 22:51 Post subject:
This is a stupid survey.
Clearly Mississippi should be 50, not 48. If they can't get that data point correct, then rest must be garbage.
Who did this? The Minnesota State Demographer?
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cherylpf
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Posted: 10/06/03 - 22:54 Post subject:
| Runner X wrote: | This is a stupid survey.
Clearly Mississippi should be 50, not 48. If they can't get that data point correct, then rest must be garbage.
Who did this? The Minnesota State Demographer? |
That was my thought too. Then Kentucky should be 49, not 37. When I graduated high school the Kentucky state education motto was "Thank God Mississippi is #50" I promise. It was hanging on our guidance counselor's door.
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jrjo
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Posted: 10/06/03 - 23:20 Post subject:
| Runner X wrote: | This is a stupid survey.
Clearly Mississippi should be 50, not 48. If they can't get that data point correct, then rest must be garbage.
Who did this? The Minnesota State Demographer? |
Gandering down from the lofty #12.. 
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blue
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Posted: 10/07/03 - 00:16 Post subject:
i like canada.
at worst we get 12th.
nevermind 50th 
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TimRuns
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Posted: 10/07/03 - 01:52 Post subject:
| blue wrote: | i like canada.
at worst we get 12th.
nevermind 50th |
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Maddies Wench
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Posted: 10/07/03 - 07:58 Post subject:
I knew it all along.
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