Best Places to Educate Children

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff
Posted Dec 20, 2007 5:31 PM CST
Best Places to Educate Children
A woman walks through the Arlington, Va. neighborhood of Clarendon, outside of Washington, Monday, Dec. 3, 2007.    (Associated Press)

Wondering where’s the best place to educate your children? Compiling scores from various criteria--strength of the public school system, options for private schools, library popularity, the abundance of higher-learning institutions—Forbes magazine made a list of the best educational environments. Here’s the top ten:

  1. Washington, DC-Arlington, VA
  2. Madison, WI
  3. Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA

  1. Baltimore-Towson, MD
  2. Akron, OH
  3. Columbus, OH
  4. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
  5. Syracuse, NY
  6. St. Louis, MO
  7. Ann Arbor, MI
(More education stories.)

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