The Changing South

Page 9 IV. Education and Economic Development Not only is there a close relationship between education and income on an individual basis, but educational standards also have a bearing on the economic development of entire regions. Thus, the States with high educational levels also tend to rank high in such indices of well-being as magazine circulations, number of telephones in use, per capita retail sales and rents paid or rental value of owned homes. Here, unfortunately, is where we in the South lag badly behind the rest of the Nation. Census figures on median years of school completed reveal a serious gap between the South and the other States. Of the eleven States that rank lowest — that is with a median seven an