You've all heard in New Jersey, right?

It's the butt of many jokes, from the Sopranos to the reality show Jersey Shore.

I'm going to Jersey Shore.

And if you've ever landed at Newark Airport, you may have seen and smelled the swamps of New Jersey.

But jokes aside, Jersey has many great things going for it.

Natural beauty, a great quality of life, and historically some great schools.

This year, U.S. News and World Report ranked New Jersey, the number one state in America for education.

That's for K through 12, based on factors such as

preschool enrollment, high school graduation rates, and standardized test scores. But the real story,

no matter how impressive it's ranking, you need to look behind those numbers because not everything is as great as it seems.

Let's look at some headlines.

Asbury Park students got diplomas under system designed to make failure nearly impossible.

Quote,

this bitch needs to die.

New Jersey school board race turns ugly.

Candidate quits after group chat exposed.

Two different school districts.

Two different scandals.

The one thing they have in common?

Both are fueled by a radical left-wing agenda. Now, let's talk about the first headline. It is about bogus graduation rates in Asbury Park,

New Jersey. Now, Asbury's claim to fame is being the hometown of Bruce Springsteen.

Its claim to shame over the years has been its failing school district.

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