Results Of The 2004 Smartest State Award

[Oilwellian]

Dontcha love who's number 1? :D

http://www.statestats.com/edrank04.htm

[JuniperLea]

1. smartest?

or wealthiest? the state where the people can afford an education?

[hippiechick]

2. Woo Hoo .. Wisconsin's 5th !

Must be all those damn liberals in Madison skewing the sample :)
I hope to be one of them, soon !!!

:yourock:

[Killarney]

3. WOOHOO!

[richabk]

4. Suspicious results....

Notice that the top 11 states in education ALL voted for Gore in 2000. Coincidence, I think not.

[Killarney]

5. Notice the blue states are mostly at the top

and the red states are mostly at the bottom?

Dumbasses vote Republican.

[On the Road]

6. I Also Love #4

Who said Jersey was a dumb state?

[democrank]

7. Just another reason why

I so love Vermont.

[UpsideDownFlag]

8. why is the southwest stupid, and the northeast smart?

that's a little odd.

[RubyDuby in GA]

9. Yes!! Whoo-hoo yes!!!!

There are actually states below us (GA). Holy crap :wow:
Haha....suckers.......whoo-hoo......

Okay, okay, I know. Not much to brag about, but really. We moved up two spots. At this rate, in 18 years, we're No. 1 baby!!!!

[NV Whino]

10. Well, that's embarassing

Must be due to the gropenator.

[skygazer]

11. Smart Vermonter here

living in stupid ol' California.

[TahitiNut]

12. There's just no way that California can rank lower than ...

... West Virginia, Indiana, Texas(!!), South Carolina, Georgia, Oklahoma(!), Michigan, Utah, Idawhore, and Tennessee. I don't buy it.

[Oilwellian]

14. I'm wondering...

Could it be ranked low because of illegal aliens and a language barrier in CA schools?

[bhunt70]

17. seems that there is.

[noiretextatique]

18. eey'll be baaack...to terminate yur intellygence

LOL...perhaps that explains it.

[TahitiNut]

19. Well, there's the Central Valley, Sandi Ego County, ...

... but I still don't buy it - not compared to the states I've lived in and those I mentioned.

[kslib]

25. heh heh, you said Idawhore n/t

[newyawker99]

30. Hi kslib!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[A Simple Game]

32. I suspect that immigrants skew California's rating

[TahitiNut]

33. You mean like that "immigrant" whose picture is your avatar?

:eyes: Is that what caused California to rank lower than Texas???

[Bandit]

13. We should compare Blue and Red States

It seems at first blush that most Blue states are at the top and Red state at the bottom. I guess that should not be much of a shocker though. Anyone who thinks Bush* is doing a good job and will vote for him can't be very bright. My state is number 45. How embarrassing

[deadmessengers]

15. possiblt wingnut talking point

I can see right-wing blowhards using the fact that "blue" states trend towards the top of this list as an example of liberal indoctrination in our public schools and college campuses.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

16. did anyone look at the methodology?

many of the positive and negative factors have more to do with organization and spending rather than achievement...not a good way to rank smarts. Atlanta GA spends approx $10,000.00/year/pupil and has some of the worst achievement scores in the state...

theProdigal

OnEdit: quoted DC $ instead of ATL $

[lukasahero]

20. Only 5 of the factors

that I can see have to do with revenue/salaries/expenditures and/or adminsitration. Of course, I'm from MA, so I'm probably biased. ;)

[ProdigalJunkMail]

21. mmmmm...could be!!! :-)

Spending just shouldn't have anything to do with it...nor should the taxation rate...I don't care if you spend six bucks per student; if they are learning it is being done right!

theProdigal

[mrbassman03]

22. How the hell is WA 30th??????

I guess the eastern side of the state is full of rednecks... but jeez.

[Bucky]

23. coffee kills brain cells

But dammit, it's worth it

[phatkatt]

24. We moved up two spots!! YEEOOWW!!

We're now #44! (AL)

[kslib]

26. No way!

I live in Kansas. No way we're 15. UnFreakinbelievable. Too many many Repubs for that! ;-)

[maveric]

27. California is #43? Oh yeah, we elected Ah-Nold as governor.

I would have thought that the Golden State was at least #25.

[SoCalDem]

34. California "used" to be smart...

Reagan started the problems...Brown slowed them down,


and

Deukmejian & Wilson gutted our educational system

now we have Wlson back in power (Ahhhhnie is a puppet):cry:


Ronald Reagan
33rd Governor (1967-1975)

Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown
34th Governor (1975-1983)

George Deukmejian
35th Governor (1983-1991)

Pete Wilson
36th Governor (1991-1999)

Gray Davis
37th Governor (1999-2003)

Arnold Schwarzenegger
38th Governor (2003- )

[rocktivity]

28. I'M NUMBER FIVE AND A HALF!

Raised and educated in New York (at a time when the public school system WAS something to be proud of); now a full-fledged Jersey girl!

:headbang:
rocknation

[deadparrot]

29. Look at all those blue states, topping the list!

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

31. It seems about right...

though I would have thought California would have been ranked higher.
I'm a Mainer (born there and lived there for 23 years) living in Florida (for almost 3 years). Both my husband and I went to public schools in Maine have experience teaching in public schools in Florida. Maine was ranked 11 and Florida 39. That gap seems about right to me. I was frankly astonished by how far behind the kids were from what I expected when I started teaching. My expectations were of course derived from the experiences I had while attending Maine public schools.

[GreenInNC]

35. Doh!

We (NC) lost four places 21st to 25th.

[kohodog]

36. Dumb in CT, my family skewed it! n/t

[DS1]

37. There's a surprise... NOT!

:bounce: