By the Numbers

Events in Wisconsin have collided with an interesting narrative when it comes to public education.

For years, school "reformers" have focused on teachers and teachers' unions as keys to making education better. I would go so far as to say it is a national talking point that teachers' unions ruin public education.

Of course, this line of thinking might make you think that states with the least powerful teachers' unions have the best public education systems, right? Well, the states with the least powerful teachers' unions are all in the South.

Uh oh.

The states with the worst education scores are also in the South.

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