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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (491998)	11/13/2003 11:21:51 AM
From: Bill	Respond to of 769670

There is no correlation between achievement and educational spending. For years, New Hampshire with its thin ed budget has led the achievement pack. Race and number of parents have high correlation to ed achievement.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (491998)	11/13/2003 7:59:22 PM
From: laura_bush	Respond to of 769670

The wealth of nations is mapped by their IQ Research says that intelligence is the largest factor behind economic success <<snip>> A COUNTRY’S prosperity is closely related to the average IQ of its population, according to research that has mapped global intelligence levels. The study of 60 countries identified a clear correlation between assessments of national mental ability and real gross domestic product, or GDP. The authors of the work said that the findings showed that international aid agencies should do more to improve the nutrition of pregnant women and infants — the most important environmental determinant of intelligence — to help to lift developing nations out of poverty. Richard Lynn, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Ulster, and Tatu Vanhanen, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Tampere in Finland, tested the non-verbal reasoning abilities of a representative sample of the different populations. They found that the countries of the Pacific Rim had the highest intelligence scores: Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong and Singapore averaged IQs of about 105. Continues .............. timesonline.co.uk