The Five States Where Teachers Unions Are Illegal Have The Lowest Test Scores In America

Only five states do not allow collective bargaining for educators, effectively prohibiting teacher unions.

From  Maureen Downey at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Those states and their SAT/ACT rankings are as follows:

South Carolina – 50th

North Carolina – 49th

Georgia – 48th

Texas – 47th

Virginia – 44^th

They also have combined budget deficits of $222 billion dollars.