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Heather Fiorentino
Heather Fiorentino
stated on January 6, 2012 a press release
Pasco County schools have graduation rates "substantially higher than the state average" and dropout rates "below the state average."
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By Jeffrey S. Solochek • March 4, 2012
Denise Grimsley
Denise Grimsley
stated on January 31, 2012 a statement
"Florida ranks 45th" in the nation for tuition.
True
By Joshua Gillin • February 27, 2012
Kathleen Falk
Kathleen Falk
stated on February 8, 2012 a speech announcing her candidacy
Says Scott Walker enacted "the biggest cuts to education in our state’s history."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 19, 2012
Richard Licht
Richard Licht
stated on February 5, 2012 a television interview
"We aren't the only state cutting back on public television."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 14, 2012
Presente.org
Presente.org
stated on January 27, 2012 a television ad
"91 percent of Latinos support the DREAM Act, which allows undocumented youth to attend college," but Marco Rubio opposes it.
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 9, 2012
Marc Schare
Marc Schare
stated on February 1, 2012 an Ohio House committee hearing
A bill delaying the start of classes until Labor Day would permit school districts "to shave 5 full weeks off the school year."
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By Tom Feran • February 9, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 23, 2012 a debate
There are 86 languages spoken at Miami Dade College.
True
By Amy Sherman • January 24, 2012
Donald McEachin
Donald McEachin
stated on January 11, 2012 a speech.
Gov. Bob McDonnell’s budget plan takes "money out of our classrooms to pave roads."
True
By Sean Gorman • January 16, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on November 29, 2011 a speech
Says the unemployment rate for college graduates is 4.4 percent and over 10 percent for noncollege-educated.
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By Eric Stirgus • December 5, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 28, 2011 an interview
Says only four Texas legislators voted against a law giving in-state tuition rates to certain illegal immigrants.
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 28, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on September 1, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Florida.
Says Rick Perry "provided in-state tuition... for illegal immigrants."
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By Sue Owen • September 23, 2011
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on July 29, 2011 a Senate speech
"In 1976, the first year that Pell Grants were fully funded, a full Pell Grant paid 72 percent of the cost of attendance at a typical four-year public college. Today, a full Pell Grant covers just 34 percent of those costs.
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By Edward Fitzpatrick • September 22, 2011
New Jersey Education Association
New Jersey Education Association
stated on August 30, 2011 NJEA's website
Says "New Jersey's public school students have the best Advanced Placement scores in the nation."
True
By Erin O'Neill • September 4, 2011
James Parisi
James Parisi
stated on August 21, 2011 a TV news show
A national study of 2,500 charter schools shows that "maybe 20 percent do better than the community public schools, 40 percent or so do worse and the rest are not having any significant difference."
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By Lynn Arditi • September 1, 2011
Regina Benjamin
Regina Benjamin
stated on August 18, 2011 a radio interview
"The United States death rate is two-and-a-half times higher for those who do not have a high school education."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • August 26, 2011
Chip Rogers
Chip Rogers
stated on July 11, 2011 Town hall meeting
"The state of Georgia is near the bottom among states for SAT scores and graduation rates."
True
By Eric Stirgus • July 27, 2011
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on July 5, 2011 a radio ad
Says state Senate recall challenger Sandy Pasch voted "to cut school aid by nearly $300 million."
True
July 20, 2011
Stephen Sweeney
Stephen Sweeney
stated on May 24, 2011 a press release
Says that as a gubernatorial candidate, Chris Christie "promised no school cuts."
True
By Erin O'Neill • July 1, 2011
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on April 27, 2011 a news release.
Department of Education officials investigating Virginia Tech shootings "have not once gotten into the car and driven down to Blacksburg to talk to the police chief or the university president or to anyone else."
True
By Wes Hester • May 20, 2011
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on April 7, 2011 a news release.
"Nearly 2,000 high schools - roughly 12 percent of all secondary schools in the United States - produce about half of the nation’s dropouts."
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By Sean Gorman • May 6, 2011
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