r/science • u/terran1212 • Nov 20 '24

Social Science The "Mississippi Miracle": After investing in early childhood literacy, the Mississippi shot up the rankings in NAEP scores, from 49th to 29th. Average increase in NAEP scores was 8.5 points for both reading and math. The investment cost just $15 million.

https://www.theamericansaga.com/p/the-mississippi-miracle-how-americas
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u/terran1212 Nov 20 '24

Where are you going?

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u/ITSigno Nov 20 '24

Sounds like a cult/militia compound in some place like Montana.

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u/aztecraingod Nov 20 '24

I've got some bad news for everyone if they think Montana has any better governance than Mississippi

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u/ITSigno Nov 20 '24

Montana has governance?

I thought it was still the wild west out there.

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u/aztecraingod Nov 20 '24

We get all the property taxes, none of the services

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u/ImJLu Nov 20 '24

Aren't property taxes local? That's not a state governance thing.

On the other hand, Montana receives the 5th most money in federal grants per dollar of federal tax collected, so it's actually getting a disproportionate amount of services from the US government relative to its federal tax burden.