[napscoordinator]

One thing Red States could improve on is their education. Seriously their K-12 education is dismal. No don’t throw money at it but perhaps show a little importance to it. Everytime I argue with a stupid liberal they throw education in my face and the fact that red states have the worst education. It is annoying.

[MuttTheHoople]

Actually, THAT'S a pile of crap. The Blue State Education flaw is that many of the Leftist States are racially homogenous (aka, mostly white like Vermont, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, etc.), don't allow blacks or Hispanics to populate any anywhere other than their urban areas. There's a lot of racial segregation in these areas and therefore the racial tension is in the societies at large, but not in their schools. An example of a Red State with excellent education is Utah, which is over 95% white.

In Conservative States, the races are more mixed together. Because of the horrid racism of lily-White Democrats in the past Century, they've had to deal with the issue of race for the past 50 years. In many black, Hispanic, and poor white communities, education is of very low importance.

I once read a Sociological report that, if you took 18 Delta counties out of Mississippi (there's 82 counties in the State), they'd be anywhere betweend 20th and 30th in all measurable rankings. That's because the Delta is 75-80% black and they've lived under Democrat rule for hundreds of years.

[TexasFreeper2009]

That's because red states have the highest percentage of minorities and in particular illegal immergrants who's first language isn't even English.

How is a child suppose to excel at school if they can't even speak the language.

[TexasFreeper2009]

The top 5 states for education:

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.

[Kartographer]

Worse education? Well I think it all depends on the numbers and who is crunching them. Most big blue metro areas their schools are merely warehouses to keep the ‘yutes’ contained for a potion of the day.