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New Jersey Education Association
New Jersey Education Association
stated on September 3, 2013 in a video ad:
"Trenton politicians cut $1.3 billion from education."
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By Caryn Shinske • September 8, 2013
Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenauer
stated on August 23, 2013 in a forum :
"The city of Portland has won more national Constitution contests than any city in America."
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By Janie Har • September 3, 2013
Portland Public Schools
Portland Public Schools
stated on June 5, 2013 in an opinion piece.:
Says proposed teacher contract "would layer on more restrictive rules."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • June 25, 2013
Ed FitzGerald
Ed FitzGerald
stated on April 24, 2013 in a campaign speech:
Cuyahoga County "passed a program to guarantee a college savings account for every single child who enters kindergarten in this county -- the first county in the United States to do so."
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By Tom Feran • June 3, 2013
Oregon PTA
Oregon PTA
stated on May 17, 2013 in a newsletter:
Says, "Oregon has the third largest class size in the nation."
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By Christian Gaston • May 31, 2013
Portland Public Schools
Portland Public Schools
stated on January 22, 2013 in a letter to Portlanders:
Says "PPS employees have paid their own PERS contributions for many years."
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By Janie Har • March 26, 2013
Larry Valencia
Larry Valencia
stated on March 19, 2013 in radio interview:
"Do you know that, statistically, when you take the SAT a second time, one third of the people that take the SAT, even if they've been studying, will get a lower score than they did the first time around?"
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By Patrick Marley • March 24, 2013
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on February 5, 2013 in a speech.:
"Collectively states are spending more on Medicaid than they do on K-12 education."
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By Nancy Madsen • February 19, 2013
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
stated on February 6, 2013 in an editorial.:
Says Texas ranks last in the percentage of residents with high school diplomas.
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 8, 2013
Thomas Lindsay
Thomas Lindsay
stated on January 12, 2013 in an opinion column.:
"Approximately 43 percent of all college grades today are A's, an increase of 28 percentage points since 1960."
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 31, 2013
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on January 3, 2013 in her inauguration speech becoming NH governor:
We have the fourth highest in-state tuition for public universities in the country.
True
By Jake Berry • January 25, 2013
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on January 14, 2013 in his State of the State Address.:
Says "in this next biennium, the cost of primary and secondary education is going to increase by more that $1000 per student. Half of that $1000 – $500 per student – is accounted for by the increased cost of PERS alone."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • January 21, 2013
David Toscano
David Toscano
stated on January 9, 2013 in a speech.:
Virginia "spends less per student today than we did in 2008."  
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By Nancy Madsen • January 21, 2013
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on January 14, 2013 in in State of the State speech:
"It costs $10,000 a year to keep a child in school; it costs $30,000 a year to keep someone in prison."
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By Janie Har • January 18, 2013
Don Pridemore
Don Pridemore
stated on December 3, 2012 in a news conference:
Among Milwaukee Public Schools students, "86 percent are behind in reading and 80 percent are behind in math."  
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By Tom Kertscher • January 2, 2013
Kevin Reilly
Kevin Reilly
stated on December 7, 2012 in public remarks:
"Faculty salaries at UW System institutions have now fallen more than 18 percent below the national average."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • December 26, 2012
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on November 8, 2012 in a Texas Tribune interview.:
Says the state of Texas rates as "unacceptable" almost 500 of the state's 8,000 public schools.
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By W. Gardner Selby • November 14, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
stated on October 18, 2012 in an article for Time magazine.:
Says Tennessee’s higher education funding model "is 100 percent outcomes-based" and "we are already seeing this model changing the way our postsecondary institutions do business."
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By Richard Locker • November 11, 2012
Stand For Children Tennessee
Stand For Children Tennessee
stated on October 24, 2012 in in a post on Facebook.:
Says that "Tennessee law requires that schools receive half of proceeds -- $31 million per year" -- from a half-cent increase in the Shelby County sales tax.
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By Zack McMillin • November 4, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 1, 2012 in a press conference.:
Says fewer than 30 percent of Texas college students graduate in four years and only 58 percent graduate within six years.
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 19, 2012
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