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Some of the worst educational outcomes in the US are in deep blue states and deep blue cities. Meanwhile, suburban communities in the US tend to vote more "red"
by pnf 4y ago
Some of the worst educational outcomes in the US are in deep blue states and deep blue cities. Meanwhile, suburban communities in the US tend to vote more "red" and are also the places people go to raise families because of the better public schools.
- enragedcacti 4y agoin the USNews ranking, 8/10 of the best states Pre-K-12 are blue, while 10/10 worst are red.[1] When you evaluate things beyond the partisan lens, poverty is a massive predictor in education outcomes which is why many deep blue cities do poorly and why many deep red states do poorly as well. Separately, the suburbs in the US are about as purple as it gets. Suburbs also have the lowest rate of poverty compared to urban and rural. [2] [1] https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education [2] https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/10/02/5-facts-about-u-s-suburbs/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/10/02/5-facts-abo...
- pnf 4y agoThe point is that it isn't a question of "red" states not wanting women to have high paying jobs.
- juve1996 4y agoPoverty is a better analysis than political lines. Most of the best school districts are in purple districts. The worst ones are in heavily red or heavily blue districts, largely correlating with poverty.