Minnesota in the Top 10 for Education Despite This Setback

Depending on where you live, it seems like some states or regions around the United States really focus on education, and others focus on the environment, sports or just learning enough to "get by" and continue with their lives.

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There are some stereotypes regarding education, and mostly higher education. whether or not most of the population has gone on to college or not.  The stereotype is the many people in the Southern part of the United States has not gone on to college.  And from this study, that is not that far off.  Mississippi comes in at number 50.

This state is usually the most famous for no one knowing how to spell it or for being used to properly count seconds. However, here is a new thing they can be famous (or infamous) for: being the least educated state in the US in terms of school systems and quality of education.

And if you also thought of a stereotype where the states in New England are the most educated, you would also be correct.  According to this study, Massachusetts is the  most educated state.  Well, they really focus on education... and expensive education as Harvard and MIT are both located in the state, actually located in the same city, Cambridge.

Minnesota ranked at number 10.  So yes, technically in the top 10.  What are the factors that put Minnesota in that spot?  According to this study, it's because most people here do continue on to higher education because apparently Minnesota makes it affordable for residents to go to college.  Even though, the study also puts Minnesota into one of the poorer states in the country, education is a priority.

Although it is one of the poorer states in the country, you'd be surprised to see that they manage to handle its education budget quite well and prioritize it, resulting in its high ranking on the countrywide level. They weren't going to let finances prevent them from making a good school system.

Somehow I feel both proud and offended at the same time.  How about you?