It seems to me that an election has intervened since 2004, changing the hue here and there. Why not take 1972 or 1964 for the baseline and make a thorough job of it?
On the other hand, the openly conservative American Legislative Economic Council ranks Vermont and Massachusetts the top two states for K-12 public education, followed by Florida, New Hampshire, New York, and Pennsylvania:
It seems to me that an election has intervened since 2004, changing the hue here and there. Why not take 1972 or 1964 for the baseline and make a thorough job of it?
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, the openly conservative American Legislative Economic Council ranks Vermont and Massachusetts the top two states for K-12 public education, followed by Florida, New Hampshire, New York, and Pennsylvania:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.alec.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Report_Card_on_American_Education
Maybe the difference between ranking individual schools and ranking state-wide poplicy effects? Note that there is no red/blue correlation, really.