Massachusetts named smartest state in the nation
Source: MassLive
SPRINGFIELD - Residents of Massachusetts, hold your stereotypically elitist, well-educated head high. The Commonwealth has been named the smartest state in the nation.
In the list "The 10 Smartest States in America," the website The Street compared education levels, income and standardized testing scores.
The report considered the following data:
Percent of population with bachelor's degrees: 38.2 percent
2013 median household income: $65,339
2013 Average SAT score: 1553
While the state average for SAT scores is low, Massachusetts has some of the best high schools in the nation. 75 Massachusetts high schools were declared so by the U.S. News & World Report 2014 rankings.
Read more: http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/05/massachusetts_named_smartest_s.html#incart_river_default
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Smart indeed.
http://www.vpc.org/press/1204death.htm
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)I guess the dumber a person is, the more he/she wants weapons of death as a compensatory mechanism.
Ineeda
(3,626 posts)iirc, or right up there in the top three. Coincidence? I don't think so.
valerief
(53,235 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)You can't swing a book bag in the city without hitting a college. Plenty in the suburbs as well.
Fred Drum
(293 posts)1. Northampton
boston is probably in the list
Bryce Butler
(338 posts)1 - Massachusetts
2 - Colorado
3 - Maryland
4 - Connecticut
5 - New Jersey
6 - Virginia
7 - Vermont
8 - New York
9 - New Hampshire
10 - Minnesota
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)From smartest to . . . well, I don't want to insult anyone:
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Indiana
Alabama
Nevada
Louisiana
Kentucky
Mississippi
Arkansas (Woops! No glasses)
W. Virginia
http://www.thestreet.com/story/12712489/10/the-10-dumbest-states-in-america.html
Mostly Southern. Mostly conservative. I lived in one of the southern states on that list when I was in high school, and I have said that the people in the South tend to be, well, I will let you fill in the word you would use. I was chastised and roundly criticized for expressing my opinion. I feel vindicated. (There are smart people in the South too, but in general . . . .)
We should have let the South secede. We might be better off without it.
Shame on Indiana, Nevada and W. Virginia. They need to improve their schools.
fujiyama
(15,185 posts)That too, barely and only once (Indiana in '08). Oops, missed Nevada as well...Blue both times.
Still, it seems pretty clear that more educated people tend to be more liberal in their political beliefs. There's no surprise there.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)fujiyama
(15,185 posts)Nuff' said.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,012 posts)Oh well, I guess we should take whatever praise we're offered...
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)You spelled Smaht wrong
FailureToCommunicate
(14,012 posts)(I'm orginally from Missoura, just been living here, trying to blend in...)
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Welcome, I do hope you love it here.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,012 posts)And, yes, we do love it here. (One of my sons will be transfering to your town for school this Fall)
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Edit: Oops, I should probably change my profile since I recently moved to Providence.
SSU is great though, my son went there and the city is a fabulous place to live. Walkable, liberal and alot of fun.
valerief
(53,235 posts)'half' or 'bath' or 'can't' or 'four', because they were pronounced different ways.
hahf, haff, bahth, bath, cahn't, can't, keeyant, fore, foewah.
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)sucking the whole level down.
MADem
(135,425 posts)He had a house in Belmont (since sold, he purchased one of those garden homes in a gated community to keep a foot in, but he doesn't live there). While Governor of MA he spent most of his time at his lake mansion in New Hampshire. Looking for a MA State Cop? Go up to Mitt's house in NH! They were guarding the basstid.
Now he's got that house in La Jolla CA. He probably has a few others as well, but his footprint here is just sufficient to spend a few days if needs must.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)California ranked? Is there a 50 state, break down?
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)if we gave central valley to Nevada and Arizona hahaha.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)lol
hughee99
(16,113 posts)I thought I did well scoring over 1400, but that was 20 years ago. Did they change the scoring?
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)(and posting mine) I did some googling. Apparently they've added an 800 point 'writing' section. So now it's out of 2400 points now, not 1600, which makes me feel better about my score.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Fred Drum
(293 posts)three 200-800 scaling, i think
verbal reasoning
analytical reasoning
quantitative analysis
they change the topics
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)I thought I'd done damn well to get a 1500 out of 1600 on the SAT back when I took it.
I also don't think I'd count income as a measure of intellect.
deurbano
(2,894 posts)I think it's been dropped for future tests.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)I think you're right about it not being a good measure.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)Really though, even factoring in their deliberate anti-intellectualism, right wingers will scoff at such a ranking. They do so out of tribal / team player mentality; and I see/hear this so often: Anybody who is "one of them" or agrees with them is "smart". Anybody who disagrees with them is "dumb". They offer no demonstrable proof: It's the way they feel and that's that.
4Q2u2
(1,406 posts)All we ever have to say till the end of time is "THE ONLY STATE THAT DID NOT VOTE FOR NIXON."
That is what they call street cred, BTW the people did not buy Shrubs BS either.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Mann
http://www.mass.gov/portal/government-taxes/laws/interactive-state-house/inside-the-state-house/horace-mann.html
Arkana
(24,347 posts)Now let me tell you about the SAWX.
elleng
(130,865 posts)very good at learning or thinking about things
: showing intelligence or good judgment
: behaving or talking in a rude or impolite way : showing a lack of respect for someone
hughee99
(16,113 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Blue_Adept
(6,399 posts)antigop
(12,778 posts)nt
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)Well, congratulations Massachusetts. I guess it's a good thing for the rest of the states we grade on a curve.
K&R
HomerRamone
(1,112 posts)democrank
(11,092 posts)Go Red Sox!
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MBS
(9,688 posts)BluegrassDem
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Would never live in Boston no matter how much money I made. They are some rudest people I've ever met. On par with New York and New Jersey.
Justice
(7,185 posts)kentauros
(29,414 posts)especially with regards to those of us in the South, or "worse," Texas
armed_and_liberal
(246 posts)I am a native southerner (NC & TN) I have lived in New York and New England for 34 years and I found most everyone to be just as friendly and generous as any place else. My kid went to college in Boston, The only complaint I had with Boston was the traffic, but once you learn to either drive fast or get the hell out of the way everything was cool.
BTW; Were you by chance wearing a Yankees hat or shirt while in Boston?
R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)Some Massachusetts residents can be loud, angry, obnoxious, rude, and generally not pleasant people, but you can find that anywhere.
I hope that you try again some day and have a better outlook.
MADem
(135,425 posts)all a bunch of loud, angry, obnoxious, rude, and generally not pleasant people.
You sure are something....but I won't be "rude" and say what I'm really thinking.
Beacool
(30,247 posts)You trying to start a fight?
Of course, in Joisey we are proud of our lack of finesse. Besides, we exude sex appeal.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/10/talk_joisey_to_me_nj_accent_among_5_sexiest_in_north_america.html
Springslips
(533 posts)Mass has Harvard and MIT in their state.
BadtotheboneBob
(413 posts)... they're brutal.
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)Lowest fatality rate in the country:
http://www.census.gov/statab/ranks/rank39.html
We only do fendah-bendahs.
Fred Drum
(293 posts)fly into boston take your first right
former9thward
(31,981 posts)Yes, that's right, Massachusetts! She is a intern with the Martha's Vineyard Times and a UMass-Amherst graduate. What a coincidence!
Fred Drum
(293 posts)but really, is there a difference
oh, wait, we're talking state schools
Demeter
(85,373 posts)But that doesn't always correlate with intelligence, and given there are at least 7 identified kinds of intelligence, plus the whole creativity aspect, all that proves is that the citizens of Massachusetts have a boatload of degrees.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)Not something I knew before now, so if you have a link, I'll read it
It makes sense, though I do wish we'd stop pressing schools to focus on science and math, science and math, science and math! What about the arts? Can't I also be considered genius-level with a lowly BA?
Demeter
(85,373 posts)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_multiple_intelligences
http://skyview.vansd.org/lschmidt/Projects/The%20Nine%20Types%20of%20Intelligence.htm
http://thesecondprinciple.com/optimal-learning/multiple-intelligence-indicators/
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=9&ved=0CF8QFjAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.niu.edu%2Ffacdev%2Fresources%2Fguide%2Flearning%2Fhoward_gardner_theory_multiple_intelligences.pdf&ei=XwmHU9yrF8mZyATQxYHwCA&usg=AFQjCNGxlBcJgeejwKKeh5WaBTr22StDxg&bvm=bv.68114441,d.aWw
that last is a pdf
surrealAmerican
(11,360 posts)Why are they including income in a measure of intelligence?
It's more tied to the cost of living than to the people's intelligence.
What would the results look like without income factored in?
shenmue
(38,506 posts)Fine by me.
locks
(2,012 posts)which state came in second smartest
Fred Drum
(293 posts)...
As Massachusetts is home to 113 colleges and universities, including some of the most prestigious schools in the world, the percentage of the population who further their education is unsurprising.
...
some still doubt education is the answer
Beacool
(30,247 posts)Although I question how smart we really are. Look who we elected as governor........
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)was not listed in the dumbest states list. Nor was Florida where I grew up or my birth state of Pennsylvania.