No one should be surprised by this

[guno]

Looks like a direct correlation between fundamentalist religion and lack of education . This is a serious economic impact



Best Educated Index statistics - States Compared - StateMaster

 

[Harry Dresden]

Looks like a direct correlation between fundamentalist religion and lack of education . This is a serious economic impact



Best Educated Index statistics - States Compared - StateMaster

 

[rightwinger]

Damned union teachers!

Seems all the top states have an appreciation for well funded schools and competitive salaries

 

[chikenwing]

Looks like a direct correlation between fundamentalist religion and lack of education . This is a serious economic impact



Best Educated Index statistics - States Compared - StateMaster

Looks like nothing of the kind,not one statistic has anything to do with religion??!!!

 

[guno]

Looks like a direct correlation between fundamentalist religion and lack of education . This is a serious economic impact



Best Educated Index statistics - States Compared - StateMaster

Looks like nothing of the kind,not one statistic has anything to do with religion??!!!

Really?

A few years ago, researchers decided to plot the importance of religion in people's lives vs. IQ The results are quite impressive See figure Below with a correlation coefficient of nearly 0.9 (1.0 is perfect).

Now match this up with the educational levels of those states

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Looks like a direct correlation between fundamentalist religion and lack of education . This is a serious economic impact



Best Educated Index statistics - States Compared - StateMaster

Yeah....because those inner city ghettos are turning out Rhodes scholars by the thousands.