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rdean
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It Texas was doing so well, it seems they would have the money to invest in schools for their citizens.
Texas ranks 11th in education. California is 30th.
Report Card on American Education - State Education Rankings
These FACTS from post 9:
How’s Texas doing? Not so great: The state ranks 50th in high school graduation rate, first in amount of carbon emissions, first in hazardous waste produced, last in voter turnout, first in percentage of people without health insurance, and second in percentage of uninsured kids.
Texas ranks third in the nation for overall birth rate, but it also ranks fourth highest for teenage birth rate.
The specifics are worse. Texas ranks the lowest in the nation for women with health insurance, and is the second lowest in the nation for percent of pregnant women receiving prenatal care in the first trimester. Texas also ranks the fourth highest in the nation for percentage of women living in poverty.
“Texas’ investment per student is 27 percent less than the national average.
“The state of Texas gets an ‘F’ on the environmental comprehensive issues, but what that really means is, it gets an F in healthcare. Not just because we don’t insure our kids, but because we create an environment that is unhealthy for our kids and every other person who breathes in this state. It’s a crisis,” Burnam said. “Across the board, Texas fails its children, in particular, and the general public on environmental and healthcare issues.”
Came from a State Legislative Study. Your so called facts came from a right wingnut blog calling for "limited government". To them, not spending money on education is "fantastic".