Tagged: education

March 6, 2020

College Degree Attainment In America

The Center for American Progress has created a nice interactive map showing the levels of college degree attainment in each of the 3,000+ counties in the United States and Puerto Rico. If you select a county on the map you’ll...

geography and geoarbitrage

February 18, 2020

Measuring School Achievement In America

Evaluating school achievement is difficult and time consuming, and a single measurement cannot possibly account for everything that makes up a good school and education. It goes without saying that all public schools in America are not created equal. So...

miscellaneous

December 21, 2018

What If Prices On Everything Went Up As Much As College Tuition?

It’s common knowledge that college tuition costs have been escalating rapidly. And nothing reflects this more than the student loan crisis in America. As of November 2018 Americans owe $1.56 trillion in student loan debt. That’s almost 3 times the...

How Bad Is Financial Illiteracy In The U.S.A?

finances

July 20, 2018

How Bad Is Financial Illiteracy In The U.S.A?

How bad is financial illiteracy in the US? How about the world? Bloomberg ran this piece discussing a three question financial literacy test which was given as part of the Aegon Retirement Readiness Survey to 16,000 people in 15 countries. Here...

geography and geoarbitrage

May 29, 2018

How Much Does Your State Spend On Public Schools Per Pupil?

If you are considering a move or possibly geoarbitrage in the United States, there are endless things to consider. If you have school aged kids, then the quality of public schools is definitely one of those things. The website Governing...