States with the Best and Worst Public Education Systems

[Frodo]

These are 2019 rankings, so all pre-coronavirus:

1. Massachusetts
2. New Jersey
3. Connecticut
4. Virginia
5. Vermont
6. Minnesota
7. New Hampshire
8. Nebraska
9. North Dakota
10. Wyoming

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42. Alaska
43. Nevada
44. Oregon
45. District of Columbia
46. Alabama
47. West Virginia
48. Mississippi
49. Arizona
50. Louisiana
51. New Mexico

[Mr. Smith]

Not even shocked.

Well...maybe a little bit for New York and Oregon, but the rest feels about right.

[ProgressiveModerate]

In NYC, it’s ridiculous how much money is spent on public education and we only rank #24

[Del Tachi]

In NYC, it’s ridiculous how much money is spent on public education and we only rank #24

You can thank the teachers' unions and their love of bureaucracy!

[Never Made it to Graceland]

In NYC, it’s ridiculous how much money is spent on public education and we only rank #24

You can thank the teachers' unions and their love of bureaucracy!

You can thank the Republican Party and their love of stupidity for Mississippi being #48 on this list.

Really, the problems with public education have one root and one root only: the insane decision to tie funding to property taxes. Kids in poor areas are screwed from the get go. I'm surprised Pennsylvania isn't lower, it has a Democratic governor but one of the most cancerous obstructive Republican congresses in the country which consistently blocks education funding.

[PSOL]

What’s going on in Oregon?

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

What’s going on in Oregon?

It's always been terrible, including when I was in high school. Basically it has one of the shortest school years in the country because reasons and its problems all stem from that.