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Originally Posted by delts145

Utah ranks third on CNBC list of top states for business

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700242539,00.html

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#1 Texas
#2 Virginia
#3 Utah
#4 Idaho
#5 Colorado

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I realize these ranking are gross, at best. But one subcategory in the ranking, education (Utah ranked 46th out of 50) is troubling. If the education ranking is heavily weighted toward spending per pupil, then the ranking does bother me because so few Utah students attend private schools, the spending per pupil in Utah is going to be low.

But if that ranking is a combination of spending per pupil, percentage of high school graduates, ranking on SAT and ACT scores, then the state is headed for long term trouble...big trouble like that that plagues states like Mississippi and Louisiana, which they may never recover from