Posted on 03/08/2014 4:47:47 AM PST by LD Jackson
Like I said, relived of the burden of thought.
If we can do better, can you illustrate which state has done better?
Like I have always said, those stuck in the cold, socialists states are always the first to poo poo states rights and simple geography. Wonder why that is? I have an idea, MOVE your ass to a red state. Or are you to scared?
1. Massachusetts(blue) 75.8% white 7.9% black 10.1% latino
2. Maryland(blue) 53.9% white 30% black 8.7% latino
3. New Jersey(blue) 58.2% white 14.7 black 18.5% latino
4. New Hampshire(blue) 91.9% white 1.4% black 3% latino
5. Vermont(blue) 94% white 1.1% black 1.6% latino
the bottom 5 states are :
1.Mississippi(red) 57.6% white 37.4% black 2.9% latino
2.Louisiana(red) 59.9% white 32.4% black 4.5% latino
3.New Mexico(blue) 39.8% white 2.4% black 47% latino
4.West Virginia(blue) 92.9% white 3.5% black 1.3% latino
5.Alabama(red) 66.6% white 26.5% black 4.1% latino
While it is true that the top education states tend to be (blue) Democratic states, they also tend to have MUCH smaller minority populations.
Every IQ test ever devised has shown a significant gap between different races (this is just a fact, so don't accuse me of being racist). So, if some states have much higher percentage of minorities, the states aren't playing on a level playing field when it comes to the education rankings. And this racial gap is especially significant in border states with a high percentage of illegal aliens who's children don't even speak English as a first language.
Excellent points. We must take the language back.
Red = Communist, Leftist, Anti-American
Liberal = Someone who believes in the principles of the enlightenment, individual liberty.
Texas is doing well despite its bumbling politicians who don’t seem to understand that oratory is one of the most important skills of any elected official. I voted for Perry because he was the best choice of several bad options. Perry did a good job despite his obvious weakness in public debate and occasional deviations from sound conservative principles. However, he did keep taxes low, spend less, and promoted business in Texas. He deserves some credit for those three things.
Maryland does at first seem to be an outlier... but after looking at the stats there is one thing VERY different about Maryland.
6% Asian.
I mentioned IQ test and the differences between races in a previous post. Asians score the highest on average on IQ tests. So a state with a high percentage of Asians would have an edge in that regards.
New Jersey is somewhat of an outlier too, but again if you look at the stats, New Jersey is 9% Asian.
Thank you for this. It is mighty interesting. What is your opinion on West Virginia seriously. Yieks!
West Virginia obviously has HORRIBLE schools, but they are also a DEMOCRATIC (blue) state.
West Virginia has no excuses.
True. There only hope may be to start voting Republican….that may help.
I would say that unions play a big part in poor schools. The teachers in union schools are so stuck on union issues (for the most part) that education of the students becomes secondary and often indoctrinating students replaces education.
Our teacher’s unions in Michigan have been among the worst and its nice to see them starting to crumble. I knew it wouldn’t happen overnight but I knew it would happen after the passage of RTW.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3130899/posts
By the way, my point wasn’t to blame race entirely for the differences in rankings. But to point out that the rankings should be adjusted to reflect the differences between the students that each state is given to educate.
If a state has a large percentage of blacks, that should be taken into account in the rankings. If a state has a large percentage of people who’s first language isn’t English, that should be taken into account.
I think if the rankings were adjusted to reflect the above, most of the differences between red states and blue ones would disappear.
Unless we’re going to dump the electoral system and go to a popular vote, red/blue defines our POTUS contest.
And the Dems start the race with 107 in the bag not having to spend a dollar (Cal, Ill, NY).
If a state has a large percentage of people who’s first language isn’t English, that should be taken into account.
I think the states should be penalized because clearly they have a lax immigration enforcement and really are probably illegal alien lovers. I would put those states at the bottom of the heap.
Take a break and listen to the stem winder ending of a speech by a great red state governor
http://hotair.com/archives/2014/03/07/video-rick-perry-brings-down-the-house-at-cpac/
Waste of time and energy. Nothing really positive will happen as a result of this CPAC dishonest disaster.
Actually it separates the wheat from the chaff, the barrel contents from the scum.
Listen to Perry’s speech and then consider the differences all over.
At the last state GOP convention in Michigan, delegates voted by a wide margin to support doing away with our winner take all electoral system. It was really just a symbolic vote to show that there is support for it but nothing has happened in the state legislature.
The new system would give presidential candidates the electoral votes of only the districts they win. It would kill cheating in places like Detroit because there would be no point in it. Detroit could produce 500 million votes if they wanted to but they would still only produce a set number of electoral votes for the democrat candidate.
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