Education: The State We’re In

Education: The State We’re In provides a comprehensive, state-by-state snapshot of education today in America. It brings together publicly available data, slicing the numbers in two ways. First, seven of the most pressing issue areas in education are explored in reports encompassing all 50 states.

Second, individual state report cards provide a comprehensive look at education in each of the 50 states. In both instances, Education: The State We’re In offers some indication of comparative performance by ranking states from first to worst.

An Education Report Card for the State of Montana http://www.americanprogress.org/atf/cf/%7BE9245FE4-9A2B-43C7-A521-5D6FF2E06E03%7D/MONTANA-FINAL.PDF

The Renewing Our Schools, Securing Our Future Task Force recommendations mentioned in
this state report card, as well as other recommendations for strengthening America’s schools, are
addressed in detail in the Task Force’s report, titled "Getting Smarter, Becoming Fairer: A Progressive Education Agenda for a Stronger Nation."

For more information on members of the Task Force, as well as Task Force activities, please visit http://www.americanprogress.org/schools or http://www.ourfuture.org/issues_and_campaigns/education/ros_sof.cfm.

Full Report on all States: http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=999991#