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New Jersey Education Association
New Jersey Education Association
stated on September 3, 2013 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 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 an opinion piece.
Says proposed teacher contract "would layer on more restrictive rules."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • June 25, 2013
Ed FitzGerald
Ed FitzGerald
stated on April 24, 2013 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 her inauguration speech becoming NH governor
We have the fourth highest in-state tuition for public universities in the country.
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By Jake Berry • January 25, 2013
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on January 14, 2013 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 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 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 a news conference
Among Milwaukee Public Schools students, "86 percent are behind in reading and 80 percent are behind in math."  
True
January 2, 2013
Kevin Reilly
Kevin Reilly
stated on December 7, 2012 public remarks
"Faculty salaries at UW System institutions have now fallen more than 18 percent below the national average."
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By Dave Umhoefer • December 26, 2012
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on November 8, 2012 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 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 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 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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