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What stands out most in this ranking is the performance of 8thgrade students – No. 1 in math, No. 2 in reading nationally. Another exceptional measure is the fact nearly half the state's residents (49 percent) have attained college degrees. The state has the third-highest rate of preschool enrollment in the nation (30 percent) and a high school graduation rate (86 percent) well above average.
While great strides have been made, Reville stresses the need to continue working at it – and points to a lesson that all states can draw from his state's experience.
"While Massachusetts did invest in building the capacity of the education system to deliver on an audacious new challenge...
What stands out most about Massachusetts is that the ancestors of the people who live there managed to build a lot of colleges and universities, several of them world class. These universities have attracted smart, well-educated people to the state who have smart, well-educated children, who score high on math tests.
My dd lives in Massachusetts. While it is expensive, the benefits outweigh the COL (and no, she is not a highly paid person - both she and her dh work).
What stands out most about Massachusetts is that the ancestors of the people who live there managed to build a lot of colleges and universities, several of them world class. These universities have attracted smart, well-educated people to the state who have smart, well-educated children, who score high on math tests.
Harvard was founded to train priests and members of the clergy, not the common people.
Isn't MA one of the states that the CDC said had a huge spike in drug use in the past couple of years?
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