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Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 8, 2015 an opinion piece
"Our last budget committed the highest level of need-based financial aid in state history."
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By Lucas Daprile • July 31, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 13, 2015 a speech
Says because of his actions, Wisconsin "property taxes today are lower than they were four years ago."
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July 15, 2015
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on June 25, 2015 a press release
Says Jeb Bush "oversaw (an) average in-state tuition increase of 48.2 percent during his tenure."
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By Joshua Gillin • June 30, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 23, 2015 a speech in Florissant, Mo.
American schools are "more segregated than they were in the 1960s."
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By Linda Qiu • June 25, 2015
Dan Gelber
Dan Gelber
stated on June 21, 2015 a Miami Herald op-ed
"After (Jeb) Bush’s two terms in office, Florida’s graduation rate was dead last and remains near the bottom."  
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By Amy Sherman • June 24, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 4, 2015 his declaration for president
"Texas now has the second-highest high school graduation rate in the country. And it has the highest graduation rate for African Americans and Hispanics."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 19, 2015
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on June 5, 2015 a speech
Says U.S. Senate opponent Ron Johnson "is opposed to all government-assisted student loans."
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June 19, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 a speech
Says Scott Walker "cut back early voting and signed legislation that would make it harder for college students to vote."
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June 9, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 9, 2015 a speech
"For our next two years in my state, we will end with a structural surplus of $499 million."
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By Dave Umhoefer • May 26, 2015
Rose Mary Grant
Rose Mary Grant
stated on March 29, 2015 a Providence Journal commentary.
Rhode Island "charter schools are nationally recognized as outperforming their counterparts across the country."
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By Mark Reynolds • April 30, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 21, 2015 a roundtable at a community college
"The United States invented the community college. Nobody else had ever done anything like it."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 21, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on March 13, 2015 a business roundtable in New Hampshire
Florida is "one of the few states that has actually had a narrowing of the achievement gap based on income, or based on race or ethnicity."
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By Amy Sherman • March 27, 2015
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on March 12, 2015 an interview
Says Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed reduction in university spending is "about the size of the one" under Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle, but Democrats didn’t treat Doyle’s cut as so dire.
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By Dave Umhoefer • March 25, 2015
Ken Plum
Ken Plum
stated on March 12, 2015
"We've got 40 years of study now that show that, with a good preschool start, you're less likely to be on public dole, you're less likely to be in prison."
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By Sean Gorman • March 23, 2015
Peter Barca
Peter Barca
stated on March 12, 2015 a televised interview
"The average faculty member at UW-Madison brings in close to a quarter million dollars a year" in grant money.
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By Dave Umhoefer • March 23, 2015
Erika Sanzi
Erika Sanzi
stated on March 5, 2015 a newspaper commentary
"Of the 10,000 Rhode Island children in charter school lotteries for the fall, more than 70 percent are poor .... In addition, a majority of them are students of color."
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By Katie Mulvaney • March 15, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 24, 2015 a conference in Silicon Valley
"You had more women getting computer sciences degrees in the '80s by a factor of 2-plus than you do now."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2015
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on February 16, 2015 a Facebook post.
"...Over 30 years, federal spending on education has grown by 375 percent, but test scores remain flat."
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By Warren Fiske • March 2, 2015
Sheila Resseger
Sheila Resseger
stated on January 10, 2015 a newspaper commentary
"By spring 2014, parents of 60,000 students in New York state had refused to let them take the Common Core Tests."       
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By Katie Mulvaney • February 15, 2015
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on January 15, 2015 an email blast
"College tuition rates in Texas jumped by 55% since 2003."
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 28, 2015
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