How smart is your state?

[riverdeep]

Check it.

http://www.morganquitno.com/edrank.htm

Here's their top ten:

1) Vermont
2) Massachusetts
3) Connecticut
4) New Jersey (?!?)
5) Maine
6) Virginia
7) Montana
8) Wisconsin
9) Iowa
10)Pennsylvania

Except for Virgina, all of the states are either blue or swing states. Actually, I don't know about Montana, they've got a Dem gov at least.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Alaska and Arizona are waaaaaay down there.

How strange...

[faithfulcitizen]

13. shocking! Too funny. Honestly, I'm really surprised my state, Indiana, was only 24.

[lonestarnot]

2 most embarrassing states in the fucking union!

[lonestarnot]

21. .

[JVS]

2. MN got stupid (-7 spots)! MI (-12), I knew their election antics had some cause Nice work TN (+11)

[Greyhound]

3. More accurately, how educated is your state? n/t

[readmoreoften]

25. How many people in your state could afford to go to college AND stop working 2 jobs. /nt

[HCE SuiGeneris]

4. Doh!

50th Arizona

[Punkingal]

5. Tennesee...

Ranked 30th, which I find hard to believe. Should be lower. But then, me and Al Gore live here, so I guess that helps. LOL

[JVS]

7. maybe your state's dumbasses moved to Michigan leaving smarter people in TN

[Punkingal]

8. A lot of people used to, actually,

Back in the good old days when Michigan still had manufacturing jobs.

[PeaceNikki]

6. w00t! On Wisconsin!

:woohoo:

[newfie11]

9. My state is stupid stupid stupid

Nebraska. They bitch about everything but must vote repug "cause they will fix thing". banghead:

[chupacabranation]

10. Only reason VA is on the list...

...is because of Northern Virginia (NoVA) and D.C. The influx of educated people to DC, the neighboring Northern Virginia area, and the VA universities are what keep this red state educated. Take DC away and I doubt VA would be on the list.

Anyhow, GO VIRGINIA! I pray that this red state goes blue...

[riverdeep]

11. Ah, Vermont. Is there anything you're not good at?

http://www.morganquitno.com/dang9407.htm

(most dangerous/safest state)

2007 ranking: 49 (with 50 best).

[cali]

19. teen deaths due to driving/drinking

it's getting better but it's a problem.

[riverdeep]

23. Are you in Vermont?

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but you're actually one of the safest i.e. higher number is better.

[cali]

26. Yes, I'm in Vermont

and yes teen driving and drinking is a problem here. As I said it's gotten better, but during the time my son was in High School, there were 12 deaths (tiny high school) in his 4 years there. (my kid is 22)

[Tutonic]

12. Yeah Iowa! And now Obama knows why we are double digits

N/T.

[maveric]

14. CA at #47?

Alabama is smarter than CA?

[riverdeep]

15. Britney Spears brings the average waaay down. n/t

[JenniferJuniper]

16. Numbah 2

Speaking of which, Bill Maher was particularly great bashing the morons on their northeast "elitist" bullshit. America was invented by liberal men in Boston and Philadelphia.

[Fuzz]

17. Why the (?!?) after NJ?

[riverdeep]

18. It's a joke, based on the stereotype of the goombah.

I hear Jersey has sections that very beautiful. Hidden secrets of forests.

[ColbertWatcher]

20. Did anyone read the factors on which the study was based?

http://www.morganquitno.com/edfact06.htm#FACTORS

POSITIVE (+ 1-13) AND NEGATIVE (- 14-21) FACTORS CONSIDERED:

1. Public Elementary and Secondary School Revenue per $1,000 Personal Income (Table 56) +
2. Percent of Public Elementary and Secondary School Current Expenditures used for Instruction (Table 134) +
3. Percent of Population Graduated from High School (Table 171) +
4. Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate for Public High Schools (Table 174) +
5. Percent of Public School Fourth Graders Proficient or Better in Reading (Table 203) +
6. Percent of Public School Eighth Graders Proficient or Better in Reading (Table 211) +
7. Percent of Public School Fourth Graders Proficient or Better in Writing (Table 219) +
8. Percent of Public School Eighth Graders Proficient or Better in Writing (Table 227) +
9. Percent of Public School Fourth Graders Proficient or Better in Mathematics (Table 235) +
10. Percent of Public School Eighth Graders Proficient or Better in Mathematics (Table 243) +
11. Average Teacher Salary as a Percent of Average Annual Pay of All Workers (Table 364) +
12. Average Daily Attendance as a Percent of Fall Enrollment in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools (Table 398) +
13. Percent of School-Age Population in Public Schools (Table 389) +

14. High School Drop Out Rate (Table 191) -
15. Special Education Pupil-Teacher Ratio (Table 339) -
16. Percent of Public Elementary and Secondary School Staff Who are School District Administrators (Table 380) -
17. Average Class Size in Public Elementary Schools (Table 425) -
18. Average Class Size in Public Secondary Schools (Table 426) -
19. Median Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Public Primary Schools (Table 429) -
20. Median Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Public Middle Schools (Table 432) -
21. Median Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Public High Schools (Table 435) -

The criteria in 14-21 seem okay, but some of the ones in 1-13 are strange.

Average teacher salary?

Also I'd like to know if they use NCLB standards for their tests.

Something's fishy with this ...

[riverdeep]

28. Yeah, I don't know how seriously you can take this.

Even if this is an accurate way of quantifying educational opportunities (it's really not about adult smartness), no one really thinks practically in terms of an entire state. People think far more about regions within that state, which can vary tremendously.

Take it with a grain of salt.

[rch35]

22. holy shit, california is 47 nt

[zippy890]

24. New England states- we're the smahtest

except for New Hampshire, no surprise.

:)

[Alexander]

27. My home state - Connecticut - 3. My current home - Arizona - 50.

It shows.

[ccharles000]

29. 23 (NC)

[lpbk2713]

30. Alaska is #46.

That has a similarity with McLame's rank in his Annapolis graduating class.

Is that why he chose doofus for his running mate? :rofl:

[mnhtnbb]

31. Arizona is dead last! Fried brains from the sun, I guess.

[Jennicut]

32. I can vouche that CT schools are very good but we pay alot more in taxes

Then again, our standard of living is higher. I always wonder why us NE liberals get made fun of by those conservatives in the South, I guess its because they just have shit for brains...literally.