Florida and Arizona Top-Ranked States in Heritage Foundation's Education Freedom Report Card

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/40906

Florida spends $11,043 per pupil annually, “the 48th most per pupil among states,” according to the report card, but is in 17th place in math and reading scores on the Nation’s Report Card (NAEP) assessments.

“Florida can improve its ROI ranking by continuing to make progress in math and reading achievement on the NAEP, limiting growth in non-teaching staff, and lowering its unfunded teacher pension liabilities,” which currently represents 4 percent of state GDP, Heritage states.