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Re:High-quality schools can increase academic achievement am... by toasterlovin on Thursday May 31, 2018 @09:00AM (#17195924)
FYI Missippi has a GDP per capita similar to Germany, France, and the UK.
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Re:High-quality schools can increase academic achievement am... by dagw on Thursday May 31, 2018 @10:02AM (#17196351)
According to the numbers on Wikipedia Mississippi seems to be about $8-12k GDP per capita below the countries you mentioned.
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Re:High-quality schools can increase academic achievement am... by toasterlovin on Thursday May 31, 2018 @12:33PM (#17197681)
Shoot, you're right. I saw somebody upthread mention ~$40k for Mississippi and didn't bother to verify. Still, it's not exactly like Mississippi is a 3rd world country.
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