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High Praise for Virginia, Connecticut, and Minnesota
April 19, 2007
I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.
-Albert Einstein
-Albert Einstein
Education Week (January 4, 2007; www.edweek.org) has developed a "Chances-for-Success Index" to predict an individual's opportunity to achieve a successful life in their state. The index combines information from 13 individual indicators that span an individual's life from cradle to grave. Indicators include, for example, family income, parent education, preschool enrollment, high school graduation, annual income, and steady employment. Based on the cumulative scores on these indicators, here are the states that rated highest and lowest:
Highest ranked states
1. Virginia
2. Connecticut
3. Minnesota
4. New Jersey
5. Maryland
5. Massachusetts
5. New Hampshire
8. Wisconsin
9. Nebraska
9. Vermont
11. Iowa
12. Illinois
12. Kansas
12. North Dakota
Lowest Ranked States
51. New Mexico
49. Louisiana
49. Arizona
48. Texas
45. Mississippi
45. Tennessee
45. Alabama
43. West Virginia
43. Nevada
41. South Carolina
41. Kentucky
40. Oklahoma
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A little ironic with this weeks events in Virginia... opportunities are only what you make of them or not as the case maybe. I would hope educators at both ends of the scale dont take these as 'self fulfilling prophecies'
Bellaire United Methodist Church
Bellaire, Texas, United States
Being from one of the low ranking states, I suspect that the results of this study are very dependent on the "starting point". The low performing states are probably low income/high minority population to start with.
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