you're either the teacher or the teacher taught you how to sign up!
I wonder which she is..........

Not questioning your states results, but what were they based
on? Where did it come from? I looked up best educated states and got different answers. It depends on what the definition of education is. One said "college educated" was the definition.
Here is a list from State Master.Com Best Educated index
1. Vermont
2. CT
3. Mass
4. N.J.
5. Maine
6. MN
7. VA
8. WI
9. Montana
10. N.Y.

Your list of states are all blue states, except Montana, which seems to be more evidence supporting the theory that blue states are smarter. Just imagine if Art were from a Red State, he might be an intellectual rock star.

The one place where the southern red states are clear leaders is college football. But that's about it.

voted Red so Lil'southie should wake up or move back to the tall buildings.

Good theory Southie, so that means St. Thomas and St.Johns
who usually have good football teams receive a low quality
in education and lower accievement? Or are you just looking
at public schools?

Where does the U of MN football team fit in? Or the basketball team? I guess it is a fun game to play with the
red/blue comparisons.

We are a divided country and state and the red/blue state
division is fun but meaningless unless there are some clear
definitions.

States that receive the most federal spending for every tax dollar sent to Washington (most recent figures from 2005):

1) New Mexico 2.03
2) Mississippi 2.02
3) Alaska 1.84
4) Louisiana 1.78
5) West Virginia 1.76
6) North Dakota 1.68
7) Alabama 1.66
8) SD 1.53
9) Kentucky 1.51
10) Virginia 1.51

All but NM are considered red states.

States that received the least federal spending:
50) NJ .61
49) Nevada .65
48) Conn. .69
47) NH .72
46) MN .72
45) Ill. .75
44) Delaware .77
43) Calif. 78
42) NY .75
41) Colorado .81

Of those, Colorado and Nevada are considered reds states, the rest are blue.

for Keith Hansen in his role as V.P. of "Outrage Development" for Dispatch (discussed in comments after his editorial on Dec 23). Hansen is paid to "stir it up" and Becker does it as a hobby? Maybe they're "best buds"? It's certainly a way to approach political discourse, but quite a cynical one. And Keith has the audacity to plead for "civil discourse" when he is provocateur-in-chief for a living! Nice try, though! Whatever it takes to raise revenue and make a living.

"It would be interesting to be a fly on the wall for the performance review for Mr. Hansen, after year one as V.P., Audience Development. The "outrage" business is key in media these days, and part of Hansen's job is to be Provocateur-in-Chief.

The obvious goal in these media businesses, including Morris Media (BDD owner, Hansen's boss) is to attract customers/readers. "Increasing profit comes with market penetration. Market penetration comes from providing the target audience with compelling political shows or stories. And what’s the common denominator for “compelling”? In politics, it’s what makes you angry." The "outrage industry" is involved in the "mindful attempt to provoke an emotional response from the audience, usually in the form of anger, fear, or moral righteousness. Outrage is often, but not always, accomplished through the use of categorical statements, exaggerations, and partial truths about opponents which may take the form of individuals, organizations, or entire communities of interest (e.g., progressives or conservatives) or circumstances (e.g., immigrants). Outrage sidesteps the messy nuances of complex political issues in favor of ad hominem attacks, overgeneralizations, mockery, and dire forecasts of impending doom. Outrage is not so much a discussion as it is verbal competition, political conversation with a scorecard." (from a facinating paper, http://ase.tufts.edu/polsci/prospective/OutrageIndustry.pdf)

Sounds like techniques employed in many of Mr. Hansen's commentaries. My guess is that his employers at Morris are pleased with his performance; the "outrage factor" has been achieved, for good, bad or otherwise. (Info. about Hansen's job description: http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/columnists/2012-03-23/hansen-vp-audi...)" (from Dispatch comments, Hansen's Dec. 23 editorial about "civil discourse")

Have you noticed? And I'm sure most have that both post their opinions and then never respond to anything anyone has to say.
The worst kind of a gator is an instigator.

according to the last election dutchboy.

Democrats twist things for their own reasons.

It all of our faults . We raise lazy we support lazy we want the lazy to vote to stay lazy we reward lazy we give and give to the lazy every kid passes . There was a post in this paper how bad it was to make offenders [RIGHT] pick up trash on the roads .Well now you democrats and lefties can now help pay for obama care and all the new people on welfare 11.000.000 new ones in the last four years .And now he is going to give 25.000.000 non residents a free pass and we will get a few million haha a few right more on welfare so get out your check books and buck up for what you voted for your going to get just what you deserve . Broke states broke counties and a broke country We are so glad you helped break our country. thank you . So remember to reward the lazy and take everything you can from the people who try...THE DEMOCRAT WAY..