Hey, for giggles, let's see how the states do on the School Funding Fairness National Report Card:
Education Reform Idol:
The Reformiest State 2011
The National Report Card
| State | Funding Distribution Grade | Effort Grade | Funding Level Rank | Coverage Rank |
| Alabama | D | C | 33 | 38 |
| Alaska | -- | D | 6 | 5 |
| Arizona | C | F | 46 | 6 |
| Arkansas | C | B | 45 | 30 |
| California | C | D | 31 | 32 |
| Colorado | D | F | 35 | 12 |
| Connecticut | C | C | 8 | 25 |
| Delaware | D | F | 10 | 50 |
| District of Columbia | -- | -- | 3 | 51 |
| Florida | D | C | 22 | 46 |
| Georgia | C | B | 24 | 39 |
| Hawaii | -- | A | 7 | 48 |
| Idaho | D | D | 49 | 4 |
| Illinois | F | D | 29 | 33 |
| Indiana | C | C | 27 | 29 |
| Iowa | C | C | 19 | 11 |
| Kansas | D | B | 20 | 19 |
| Kentucky | C | C | 36 | 41 |
| Louisiana | D | F | 30 | 49 |
| Maine | D | A | 14 | 3 |
| Maryland | D | B | 13 | 47 |
| Massachusetts | B | C | 9 | 22 |
| Michigan | D | A | 23 | 16 |
| Minnesota | A | D | 15 | 20 |
| Mississippi | C | B | 47 | 40 |
| Missouri | D | D | 43 | 44 |
| Montana | B | C | 38 | 7 |
| Nebraska | C | D | 25 | 24 |
| Nevada | F | F | 39 | 15 |
| New Hampshire | F | A | 18 | 10 |
| New Jersey | A | A | 2 | 21 |
| New Mexico | C | C | 34 | 18 |
| New York | D | A | 5 | 42 |
| North Carolina | D | F | 44 | 31 |
| North Dakota | D | F | 40 | 14 |
| Ohio | A | B | 17 | 36 |
| Oklahoma | C | F | 50 | 23 |
| Oregon | C | F | 37 | 17 |
| Pennsylvania | D | B | 12 | 43 |
| Rhode Island | C | B | 11 | 37 |
| South Carolina | C | A | 28 | 34 |
| South Dakota | B | F | 41 | 13 |
| Tennessee | C | F | 51 | 45 |
| Texas | C | D | 42 | 26 |
| Utah | A | F | 48 | 2 |
| Vermont | C | A | 4 | 9 |
| Virginia | D | D | 21 | 28 |
| Washington | C | F | 32 | 27 |
| West Virginia | C | A | 26 | 8 |
| Wisconsin | C | B | 16 | 35 |
| Wyoming | C | A | 1 | 1 |
| Note: The National Report Card is based on three years of the most recent available data, from 2005 to 2007. While this report was in production, the 2008 school financial data was released. An updated analysis of the fairness profiles is available at 2008 Update. The updated fairness profiles are largely consistent with the published findings. | ||||
Nobody in the top 15 for funding level rank - the amount spent per pupil.
One barely in the top 30 for coverage rank - basically, whether rich families send their kids to private schools (well, it's more complex than that - click through to see).
Yeah, sounds "reformy" to me...
Oh, and who's on the panel? Well, not one practicing teacher. Not one principal. Not one district supervisor. Not one professor of education. Not one teachers union official.
I need a drink...
I just saw this morning that Dr. Tony Bennett of Indiana was the winner (notice that I did not say *students in Indiana* won). This man is dangerous to education, and he works from the same playbook as the Wisconsin governor.
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