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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
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Vermont and Maine both have stark rural poverty, A LOT OF GUNS, and highly seasonal less industrial job markets. Education could play in to it but if you know anything about inner city schools you know culture has a lot to do with receptiveness to education, as much or moreso than funding.
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To add to this, those inner city schools typically get more funding per student than the suburban “white” schools do, so it’s hard to blame it on money.

They will also pay teachers more (along with certain tax advantages and loan forgiveness) for teaching at these schools, but it’s still hard to find good teachers who want to deal with those types of students and parents (or lack thereof)