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Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 23, 2014 a TV ad
Says Rick Scott cut "Bright Futures scholarships in half."
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By Amy Sherman • July 25, 2014
Gary George
Gary George
stated on July 6, 2014 an interview
"I created the school choice program."
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By Dave Umhoefer • July 13, 2014
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on July 1, 2014 a TV ad
Says Rick Scott "cut education to pay for even more tax breaks for big, powerful, well-connected corporations."
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By Amy Sherman • July 7, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on June 2, 2014 an interview
"Part of the increase in the cost (of higher education) has been because state support has dropped. We now spend, under Governor Walker, more on corrections than we do on higher education."
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By Devon Waugh • June 27, 2014
EMILY's List
EMILY's List
stated on June 16, 2014 a television ad
"Thom Tillis cut almost $500 million from education."
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By Lauren Carroll • June 19, 2014
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 8, 2014 an interview
"This generation, on average, is starting their careers, if they’ve been to a four-year college, with just under $30,000 in debt."
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By Devon Waugh • June 4, 2014
Clay Pell
Clay Pell
stated on April 30, 2014 a campaign website
"Rhode Island has the highest dropout rate in New England at twenty-three percent."
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By Karen Lee Ziner • June 1, 2014
Peter Shumlin
Peter Shumlin
stated on May 21, 2014 MSNBC
"Nathan Deal cut the HOPE scholarship program so that literally 100,000 Georgians will not be able to go to college or get technical training that they so badly needed to raise -- you know, give them a chance at a good job."
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By Nancy Badertscher • May 30, 2014
Valarie Wilson
Valarie Wilson
stated on May 14, 2014 a pamphlet
Says Democratic candidate for state school superintendent Alisha Thomas Morgan voted to slash funding for the preschool programs for disabled and special needs students.
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By Eric Stirgus, Nancy Badertscher • May 27, 2014
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on April 9, 2014 campaign web site
Says restoring Georgia pre-k to a 180-day program was a "real result" of his leadership.
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By Nancy Badertscher • April 11, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 26, 2014 an email from his campaign
"Charlie Crist signed into law an automatic 15 percent annual tuition increase that put college further out of reach for many Floridians."
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By Joshua Gillin • April 3, 2014
Arian Foster
Arian Foster
stated on March 19, 2014 a tweet
The NCAA will "get billions" from the men’s basketball tournament. "Players get a trophy."
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By Jon Greenberg • April 1, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 20, 2014 a speech in Orlando
"Our high school graduation rate is the highest on record."
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By Steve Contorno • March 26, 2014
Florida Stop Common Core Coalition
Florida Stop Common Core Coalition
stated on March 19, 2014 a letter to supporters
For educational testing, Florida "has chosen a company that has a significant history of promoting identification of the GLBT lifestyle for children as young as seven years old."
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By Jeffrey S. Solochek • March 24, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 4, 2014 the State of the State speech
"Florida high schools are four out of the top 10 in the entire United States."
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By Amy Sherman • March 4, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 27, 2014 a press release about his education budget proposal
"The $18.8 billion in funding for K-12 education funding is the highest in Florida history and includes a record $10.6 billion in state funds."
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By Amy Sherman • January 29, 2014
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 15, 2014 a speech
"During my administration, funding for education has increased by over $930 million."
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By Eric Stirgus • January 22, 2014
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on January 8, 2014 a speech.
"We expanded charter" schools.
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By Nancy Madsen • January 13, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on December 3, 2013 a post on her campaign website
Greg Abbott defended more than $5 billion in public school funding cuts in fighting hundreds of school districts in court.
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 18, 2013
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on November 4, 2013 a speech announcing his candidacy for governor
Charlie Crist stopped "layoffs of some 20,000 school teachers during the global economic meltdown."
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By Amy Sherman • November 7, 2013
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