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Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 22, 2013 a Tampa Bay Times op-ed
"Today many Florida teachers are at risk of having their pay impacted by the performance of children who are not even in their classrooms or subject areas."
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By Katie Sanders • September 25, 2013
Brian Robinson
Brian Robinson
stated on September 5, 2013 a statement
"Governor Deal has increased education spending every year he’s been in office."  
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By Eric Stirgus • September 23, 2013
Nan Rich
Nan Rich
stated on September 12, 2013 a "Tampa Tribune" blog
In Florida "we have 75,000 on (a) waiting list for child care and 23,000 on waiting lists" for community care for the elderly.
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By Amy Sherman • September 20, 2013
Jim Francesconi
Jim Francesconi
stated on August 7, 2013 a guest column
Half of Oregon university students are on Pell Grants.
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By Janie Har • August 31, 2013
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on July 19, 2013 a press release
"While fat-cat bureaucrats at the Department of Education are getting paid an average salary of $102,000 a year, teachers in Georgia are getting paid half of that."
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By Janel Davis • August 30, 2013
George P. Bush
George P. Bush
stated on July 2, 2013 a Twitter post
"60 percent of Texas 8th graders are not proficient in math. Only 26% have a teacher with a undergraduate major in math."  
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 16, 2013
DuBose Porter
DuBose Porter
stated on August 12, 2013 a meeting
Says there are half as many students in one Georgia technical college than there were two years ago.
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By Eric Stirgus • August 12, 2013
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on July 17, 2013 an interview
On average, college students "are taking six years to get a four-year degree."  
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August 11, 2013
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on July 11, 2013 an opinion article
Says "in Oregon today, the average debt upon college graduation is more than $24,000."
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By Yuxing Zheng • August 10, 2013
Don Lemon
Don Lemon
stated on July 27, 2013 a commentary on CNN
"A high school dropout makes on average $19,000 a year, a high school graduate makes $28,000 a year, a college graduate makes $51,000 a year."
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By Janel Davis • August 2, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on July 17, 2013 a letter to Education Commissioner Tony Bennett
New school testing standards "will consume approximately twenty days of testing for elementary, middle and high school students."
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By Jeffrey S. Solochek • July 22, 2013
Gene Green
Gene Green
stated on June 28, 2013 a press release
Says student loan interest rates will double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent July 1.
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By Sue Owen • June 28, 2013
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on June 11, 2013 a House of Representatives floor speech
"If you are born poor in America, we rank ninth or tenth in our citizens’ ability to climb up through that ladder and get themselves into the middle class."
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By Sabrina Eaton • June 26, 2013
John Lewis
John Lewis
stated on May 17, 2013 an op-ed
"Black children constitute 18 percent of the nation's public school population but 40 percent of the children who are suspended or expelled."
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By Eric Stirgus • June 10, 2013
Carlos Curbelo
Carlos Curbelo
stated on May 24, 2013 a Fox News interview
In Miami-Dade County, "we spend at our school system over $20 million every year" educating recent immigrants.
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By Amy Sherman • June 3, 2013
Peter Nightingale
Peter Nightingale
stated on May 8, 2013 a web commentary
"The UK has an unarmed police force and a firearm fatality rate that is 40 times lower per capita than in the U.S."
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By Michael McKinney • May 31, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on May 6, 2013 a website post.
"In our community college system (state) cuts have reduced funding per student by $1,908."
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By Sean Gorman • May 28, 2013
AFL-CIO of New Jersey
AFL-CIO of New Jersey
stated on April 30, 2013 a Facebook page post
"New Jersey's governor cut $1.6 billion from public education while handing out $2.1 billion in corporate tax breaks, more than the entire previous decade."
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By Caryn Shinske • May 23, 2013
One New Jersey
One New Jersey
stated on May 3, 2013 A radio ad
"Under Republican Governor Chris Christie, tolls cost more. Train and bus rides cost more. College tuition goes up. But Christie protected a tax cut for millionaires."
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By Caryn Shinske • May 16, 2013
Zell Miller
Zell Miller
stated on March 17, 2013 an article
Then-Gov. Carl Sanders put 56 percent of the state budget into education, a figure that has not been achieved since.
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By Janel Davis • May 8, 2013
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