OT: States Ranked: Smart to Dumb

[Guest guest]

Hi y'all,

 

I'm now thinking of settling in Arizona .. twould be nice to continue to

be a big fish in a little pond. ;-)

 

If they would have listed 51 .. we would probably see the District of

Columbia in that position.

 

Note where California is. Hollywood is in California. ;-)

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com

 

-----------------

 

States Ranked: Smart to Dumb

 

The smartest state is Vermont. The dumbest is Arizona.

 

These are the 2005-2006 findings of the Education State Rankings, a

survey by Morgan Quitno Press of hundreds of public school systems in

all 50 states. States were graded on 21 factors, including student

achievement and attendance, positive outcomes, strong student-teacher

relationships and school district efficiency. Other factors are the

number of high school graduates, reading, writing and math proficiency,

percent of school-age kids in public schools, high school drop out

rates, student-teacher ratios and class size.

 

" The Smartest State Award recognizes those states that are committed to

students and teachers, emphasize excellence in the classroom and ensure

that public elementary and secondary schools are efficiently-run, " said

Scott Morgan, president of Morgan Quitno Press. " Vermont shines in many

key areas of education. A high percentage of its students excel in

reading, writing and math. In addition, schools in Vermont have smaller

class sizes and lower pupil-teacher ratios than in most other states. "

 

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/package.jsp?name=fte/smartstates/smartstates

 

They're doing something right in New England. Massachusetts was

designated the smartest state by Morgan Quitno Press the previous two

years, and New England states dominate four of the five top slots this year.

 

The losers are Arizona, Mississippi, New Mexico, Nevada, California,

Louisiana, Alaska, Alabama, Hawaii and Tennessee.

 

How does YOUR state rank?

 

1. Vermont

2. Connecticut

3. Massachusetts

4. New Jersey

5. Maine

6. Minnesota

7. Virginia

8. Wisconsin

9. Montana

10. New York

 

11. Pennsylvania

12. Nebraska

13. Kansas

14. Iowa

15. New Hampshire

16. Rhode Island

17. Wyoming

18. South Dakota

19. Maryland

20. North Dakota

 

21. Missouri

22. North Carolina

23. Colorado

24. Texas

25. Delaware

26. Indiana

27. Michigan

28. Idaho

29. South Carolina

30. Washington

 

31. Ohio

32. Illinois

33. Utah

34. West Virginia

35. Kentucky

36. Florida

37. Arkansas

38. Oregon

39. Oklahoma

40. Georgia

 

41. Tennessee

42. Hawaii

43. Alabama

44. Alaska

45. Louisiana

46. California

47. Nevada

48. New Mexico

49. Mississippi

50. Arizona