vcczar Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Here's a map I made showing the best and worst states for Public Education. Darker Blue is best and Darker Red is worst. No color is middling range: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortKing Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 This is interesting, but what metrics did you measure by? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted July 9, 2022 Author Share Posted July 9, 2022 22 minutes ago, ShortKing said: This is interesting, but what metrics did you measure by? It was a USA Today ranking. There's also a Forbes ranking that just came out. They're almost identical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentLiberty Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Nebraska honestly surprises me but that's good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted July 9, 2022 Author Share Posted July 9, 2022 12 minutes ago, Patine said: What really surprises me is public education has this much disparity in the U.S., where it's predominantly a FEDERAL jurisdiction, whereas in Canada, where it's strictly a Provincial jurisdiction (with some Federal lowest bar standards, across-the-nation programs, and First Nations/Inuit programs) doesn't vary as much (though it does vary, noticeably, I admit). Something must be up, there. It’s not that simple. Here’s an example “Schools are funded with a combination of federal, state, and local government funds. In Pennsylvania, the federal share of education funding is approximately 11%; the state pays for nearly 36% and the balance of 53%, comes from local taxes, typically from property taxes.” States also select the textbooks and much about how the school is run and such. For instance, controlling what can and can’t be taught in many instances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakotaHale Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Was this taken with race in mind? I remember seeing somewhere that Minnesota always scores very high because of the high white population, and states like Texas were "drug down" because of their high Latino populations, but put side-by-side, white kids in Texas scored higher than white kids in Minnesota, and minority kids scored higher in Texas than minorities in Minnesota, but because Texas has a much higher minority population than Minnesota (and minorities score lower on average), Minnesota would have higher average test scores despite Texas having higher test scores in every single sub-population. It's called the Simpson's Paradox. Simpson's paradox - Wikipedia I might have the states mixed up or even be completely wrong, but I remember hearing something like this somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakotaHale Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Just now, Patine said: Is that subconscious pun for misspelling, "dragged down?" 🤨 In this context it can be both lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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