The 10 best (and worst) places in America to educate your child

A comprehensive new study ranks the quality of education by state, from the best (New Jersey) to the worst (D.C.)

http://www.salon.com/2014/08/12/the_best_and_worst_places_in_america_to_educate_your_child_partner/

 “2014′s States with the Best & Worst School Systems. The report analyzes, “12 key metrics — from student-teacher ratios and dropout rates to test scores and bullying incident rates,” to determine what it has categorized as the “best” and “worst” public school systems across the country.”

“The top ten rank as follows:

1. New Jersey
2. Massachusetts
3. Vermont
4. New Hampshire
5. Kansas
6. Colorado
7. Virginia
8. Minnesota
9. Wisconsin
10. Pennsylvania

“One thing [these states have in common] is that they allocate a significant amount of money on a per student basis toward education,”

The bottom 10 are:

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

Papadimitriou links the failure of these states to score highly to a combination of low-levels of financial investment in education and precipitously high drop-out rates.”

Stephen