How Red States Left Blue States in the Dust in Education Achievement

For much of the 20th century, blue-state schools were the gold standard in student achievement, consistently outperforming red-state schools in test scores and other key metrics.

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The last two decades have seen red-state schools gain and even surpass blue-state schools in scholastic achievement scores. It should be stressed that this has little to do with the misguided pandemic school closures, although both red and blue states suffered as a result. 

The gains that red-state schools made are due to an entirely different educational philosophy that has “implemented evidence-based reading curricula, banned ineffective teaching methods, and improved school safety,” according to City Journal’s Neetu Arnold.

Arnold writes of the single most important issue dividing red and blue states: the push for “equity.” The practical effect

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