The Wall Street Journal and countless media outlets reported Education Week’s best and worst school systems by state in the United States last month, and the report on Yahoo.com is below:
Top 10
- Maryland ranked at the top for the fifth straight year
- Massachusetts
- New York
- Virginia
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Georgia
- New Jersey
- West Virginia
- Kentucky
Bottom 10:
- South Dakota
- Nevada
- Idaho
- Alaska
- Mississppi
- Nebraska
- Montana
- Arizona
- Oregon
- Missouri
But it’s not the only study. Michelle Rhee, has her own report, according to Huffington Post. She is the former Washington, D.C., schools chancellor and chair of StudentsFirst. Click on that link for a map of the U.S. with grades per state. Pennsylvania gets a D.
Frankly, I am way more interested in education reports than in daily national media coverage of Notre Dame All-American linebacker Manti Te’o’s creation of a virtual girlfriend debacle and whether or not Beyonce lip synced the national anthem. It’s time we all made education a priority.
Pam Parker is the editor of Lake Erie LifeStyle, Her Times and House to Home at the Erie Times-News in Erie, Pa. She is the mom of three, stepmom to three and step-grandmom to one.
