State Arizona District of Columbia Florida Idaho Illinois *Indiana Kentucky *Utah Wisconsin Arkansas Georgia Kansas Maine Massachusetts Mississippi Nevada *New Hampshire New Mexico Ohio Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas Alabama Colorado Connecticut Hawaii
Governor Doug Ducey Muriel Bowser Rick Scott Butch Otter Bruce Rauner Eric Holcomb Matt Bevin Gary Herbert Scott Walker Asa Hutchinson Nathan Deal Sam Brownback Paul LePage Charlie Baker Phil Bryant Brian Sandoval Chris Sununu Susana Martinez John Kasich Mary Fallin Nikki Haley Bill Haslam Greg Abbott Robert Bentley John Hickenlooper Dannel Malloy David Ige
Party R D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R D D D
Charters A A A A A A A A A A B C A A B A A A B A A A A C A B A
Choice A A A A A A A A A B A B A B B A A B A A B A C B D F F
Teacher Quality A A A A A A A A A B A A B B B B C A B B A C B D B B B
Overall Grade A A A A A A A A A B B B B B B B B B B B B B B C C C C
Overall GPA 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3.33 3.67 3 3.67 3.33 3 3.67 3 3.67 3.33 3.67 3.67 3.33 3 2 2.67 2 2
Iowa Maryland Michigan *Missouri Nebraska New Jersey New York South Dakota *Vermont Wyoming Alaska California *North Dakota *Delaware Louisiana Minnesota *Montana *North Carolina *Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia *Washington *West Virginia
Terry Branstad Larry Hogan Rick Snyder Eric Greitens Pete Ricketts Chris Christie Andrew Cuomo Dennis Daugaard Phil Scott Matt Mead Bill Walker Jerry Brown Doug Burgum John Carney John Bel Edwards Mark Dayton Steve Bullock Roy Cooper Kate Brown Tom Wolf Gina Raimondo Terry McAuliffe Jay Inslee Jim Justice
R R R R R R D R R R I D R D D D D D D D D D D D
C D A B B C A I B C D B C C F C F F I F D C F F
A B C A A B C B B C F F C F F F F F C F F F F I
C B C I I B C A I C C F I F F F I F F F F F F F
C C C C C C C C C C D D D F F F F F F F F F F F
2.67 2.33 2.67 2 2 2.67 2.67 2.67 2 2 1 1 1.33 0.67 0 0.67 0 0 0.67 0 0.33 0.67 0 0
* = Election in 2016 After the November 2016 elections, 72 % of governors (including Washington, D.C. mayor) earn passing grades when it comes to education opportunity and innovation.