State of the world's mothers report is in!

[newmominct]

Hey all. I know I haven't posted here in a while but I just wanted to share this with you. (I'm not spamming you I promise) My job has been working on this for a long time and its worth checking out.

State of the World's Mother's Report Site
http://www.savethechildren.org/publications/state-of-the-worlds-mothers-report/?WT.mc_id=0509_sowm_a

U.S. School Success Index
http://www.savethechildren.org/publications/state-of-the-worlds-mothers-report/us-school-success-index.html?WT.mc_id=sn_combined_050409_b

[hidesome]

Good read. Not surprisingly, New Mexico is dead last in the rankings. Education doesn't mean much in the land of manana.

[JudyJudyJudy]

68% of fourth graders aren't reading at grade level (worse than that in many states including mine). I wish I could say that I'm surprised. :(

The developing countries break my heart, but there's really no excuse in the US. I would like to see a direct comparison between teenage pregnancy rates and school failure rates in communities. Based on what I saw as a teacher, there is a huge correlation.

[newmominct]

68% of fourth graders aren't reading at grade level (worse than that in many states including mine). I wish I could say that I'm surprised. :(

The developing countries break my heart, but there's really no excuse in the US. I would like to see a direct comparison between teenage pregnancy rates and school failure rates in communities. Based on what I saw as a teacher, there is a huge correlation.

Judy this shocked the hell out of me. I live in CT and was happy to see it as #1 but then just about fell on the floor when I saw that 59% of fourth graders were not reading at grade level....

[JudyJudyJudy]

I easily guessed the top five states and most of the bottom ten.

It's a shame that even in the top states, most kids are not reading on grade level.