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How does your state rate in terms of educational level?
« on: February 02, 2016, 05:36:10 PM »
http://www.homesnacks.net/this-surprising-map-shows-all-50-states-renamed-for-countries-with-similar-education-levels-123796/

From the site, they used the high school graduation rate and compared that to an education index compiled by the UN.  I am trying to figure out if Hong Kong is good or bad.
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Re: How does your state rate in terms of educational level?
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2016, 06:08:24 PM »
Iowa got China, doesn't surprise me. China is ranked pretty high in reading, writing and math comprehension.

Hong Kong is up there with China, so you got some educated folks there too.

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Re: How does your state rate in terms of educational level?
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2016, 06:11:23 PM »
Serbia...
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Re: How does your state rate in terms of educational level?
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2016, 07:10:04 PM »
High School graduation rate is not a very good indicator considering the way our schools push students through.  I am also trying to figure out if they are using % rates or total numbers for graduations.  IMO, basic literacy and math ability should be there after elementary school. 
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Re: How does your state rate in terms of educational level?
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2016, 07:26:11 PM »
switzerland *shrug*
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Re: How does your state rate in terms of educational level?
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2016, 07:26:36 PM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on February 02, 2016, 07:10:04 PM
High School graduation rate is not a very good indicator considering the way our schools push students through.  I am also trying to figure out if they are using % rates or total numbers for graduations.  IMO, basic literacy and math ability should be there after elementary school. 

I was thinking that too.
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Re: How does your state rate in terms of educational level?
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2016, 07:39:00 PM »
Quote from: MillCreek on February 02, 2016, 05:36:10 PM
http://www.homesnacks.net/this-surprising-map-shows-all-50-states-renamed-for-countries-with-similar-education-levels-123796/

From the site, they used the high school graduation rate and compared that to an education index compiled by the UN.  I am trying to figure out if Hong Kong is good or bad.

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Re: How does your state rate in terms of educational level?
« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2016, 07:53:20 PM »
Alabama gets Guatemala. Not surprising. The education level in this area is extremely high, though.
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Re: How does your state rate in terms of educational level?
« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2016, 08:01:14 PM »
Kenya? CARP!
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Re: How does your state rate in terms of educational level?
« Reply #9 on: February 02, 2016, 09:14:24 PM »
Dominica?    We've got Mexicans and Cubans, not Dominicans!
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Re: How does your state rate in terms of educational level?
« Reply #10 on: February 02, 2016, 11:16:04 PM »
Romania.  Thanks Chicago and East St. Louis !!!
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Re: How does your state rate in terms of educational level?
« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2016, 07:25:58 AM »
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Re: How does your state rate in terms of educational level?
« Reply #12 on: February 03, 2016, 08:03:24 AM »
Oklahoma is Syria and Kansas where I was born and raised is Bulgaria.  Interesting that Colorado got the Netherlands and that Massachusetts is USA?
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Re: How does your state rate in terms of educational level?
« Reply #13 on: February 03, 2016, 09:08:53 AM »
I would also point out that schooling is free here (not really) and pretty much mandatory.  How many of those other countries can say that?

Also, something to think about in terms of our graduation rate.  We have tended to dumb down the curriculum and pass failing students so that everyone can get a high school education even if they don't deserve it.  If our graduation rate is low, it is not because the opportunity isn't there. 
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Re: How does your state rate in terms of educational level?
« Reply #14 on: February 03, 2016, 09:32:08 AM »
Humorous article allows folk who would normally be horrified by the underlying reality to poke fun. 
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Re: How does your state rate in terms of educational level?
« Reply #15 on: February 03, 2016, 11:39:09 AM »
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We have tended to dumb down the curriculum and pass failing students so that everyone can get a high school education even if they don't deserve it.

I wouldn't say that. Having a high school diploma does not necessarily mean one has a high school education.  If it did, colleges would not have to provide so much remediation.
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Re: How does your state rate in terms of educational level?
« Reply #16 on: February 03, 2016, 03:23:29 PM »
Quote from: cambeul41 on February 03, 2016, 11:39:09 AM
I wouldn't say that. Having a high school diploma does not necessarily mean one has a high school education.  If it did, colleges would not have to provide so much remediation.
I guess I said it wrong.  That is what I meant. 

However, basic literacy and minimal math skills could be said to be attained after elementary school.  So why is a high school diploma the standard?
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Re: How does your state rate in terms of educational level?
« Reply #17 on: February 03, 2016, 04:29:06 PM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on February 02, 2016, 07:10:04 PM
High School graduation rate is not a very good indicator considering the way our schools push students through.  I am also trying to figure out if they are using % rates or total numbers for graduations.  IMO, basic literacy and math ability should be there after elementary school.

This.  I proofread several students' papers in an English 1301 class that my fifth grade teacher would have given me an F on, and possibly recommended special ed.  A friend who teaches remedial toe counting at the university has shown a couple of assignments my six year old could pass.
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Re: How does your state rate in terms of educational level?
« Reply #18 on: February 03, 2016, 04:45:53 PM »
Living on the border of Switzerland and Tanzania is predictably hilarious with regards to migration and intermarriage.  =D
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Re: How does your state rate in terms of educational level?
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