2006 Smartest State Award
RANK, STATE , SMART RATING, 2005-2006 RANK, CHANGE
1 Vermont 18.57 1 0
2 Massachusetts 16.09 3 1
3 Connecticut 14.46 2 -1
4 New Jersey 14.35 4 0
5 Maine 10.79 5 0
6 Virginia 10.07 7 1
7 Montana 9.55 9 2
8 Wisconsin 9.04 8 0
9 Iowa 8.82 14 5
10 Pennsylvania 8.69 11 1
11 Nebraska 6.40 12 1
12 New Hampshire 5.90 15 3
13 Minnesota 5.33 6 -7
14 Rhode Island 4.31 16 2
15 Kansas 4.27 13 -2
16 New York 3.66 10 -6
17 South Dakota 3.25 18 1
18 Maryland 2.27 19 1
19 Wyoming 1.35 17 -2
20 Idaho 1.29 28 8
21 North Dakota 0.95 20 -1
22 Missouri 0.94 21 -1
23 North Carolina 0.84 22 -1
24 Indiana 0.06 26 2
25 Texas -0.11 24 -1
26 South Carolina -1.19 29 3
27 Colorado -1.32 23 -4
28 Delaware -2.47 25 -3
29 Florida -2.90 36 7
30 Tennessee -3.01 41 11
31 Kentucky -3.24 35 4
32 Arkansas -3.44 37 5
33 Washington -3.85 30 -3
34 Ohio -4.00 31 -3
35 Illinois -4.32 32 -3
36 Oklahoma -5.81 39 3
37 West Virginia -5.82 34 -3
38 Utah -6.30 33 -5
39 Michigan -6.43 27 -12
40 Oregon -6.87 38 -2
41 Georgia -6.92 40 -1
42 Hawaii -9.31 42 0
43 New Mexico -10.60 48 5
44 Louisiana -10.95 45 1
45 Alabama -11.00 43 -2
46 Alaska -11.91 44 -2
47 California -13.10 46 -1
48 Mississippi -14.78 49 1
49 Nevada -15.81 47 -2
50 Arizona -17.61 50 0
I just don't get it..............Besides where are the rest of the states anyway?
HT: Fark
Posted by BillyBudd at October 17, 2006 07:09 PM | TrackBackTake a look at the criteria and you'll see it is almost entirely a measure of how much cash is poured down the bottomless sinkhole of public edjumacashion.
This smells fishily like it was bought and paid for by the NEA.
Posted by: Desert Cat at October 18, 2006 04:40 PMMy answer was tongue-in-cheek, however I do wonder why I live here sometimes. It is not the place I grew up in the 60's and 70's. I see too many bottom feeders everday for my comfort.
Posted by: Billy Budd at October 18, 2006 05:35 PMThe Blue states all seem to be at the top.
Posted by: jOHN RYAN at October 19, 2006 08:15 AM