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Tim Grendell
Tim Grendell
stated on April 18, 2011 in a forum on the state budget:
"In Senate Bill 5, there is this new method of evaluating teachers. … You’re also going to be rated on what the parents think of you and they can send questionnaires and surveys home to parents."
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By Joe Guillen • April 26, 2011
Kitty Boitnott
Kitty Boitnott
stated on April 20, 2011 in a radio interview.:
Salaries for Virginia’s teachers are below the national average.
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By Sean Gorman • April 25, 2011
Jamie Radtke
Jamie Radtke
stated on April 12, 2011 in a blog post.:
George Allen voted to add $3 trillion to the federal debt, voted to raise the debt ceiling four times and voted for the No Child Left Behind Act while he was a senator.
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By Jacob Geiger • April 15, 2011
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on April 5, 2011 in a YouTube video:
Virginia was named "best managed state, best state for business and best state to raise a child" while I was governor. 
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By Jacob Geiger • April 7, 2011
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on March 2, 2011 in a radio interview:
"Georgia still has one of the richest programs in terms of scholarships for students to go to college."
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By Eric Stirgus • March 15, 2011
Frederica Wilson
Frederica Wilson
stated on February 27, 2011 in a Washington Post profile:
"We closed that plant down. It was a $27 million-dollar plant, operating full steam, and we closed it down."
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By Trenton Daniel • March 7, 2011
MacIver Institute
MacIver Institute
stated on March 3, 2010 in a video news release:
In 2011, "the average annual compensation for a teacher in the Milwaukee Public Schools system will exceed $100,000."
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By Tom Kertscher • March 4, 2011
Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus
Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus
stated on February 10, 2011 in a press release.:
The House of Delegates budget bill "cuts $50 million from education."
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By Jacob Geiger • February 22, 2011
Dave Hunt
Dave Hunt
stated on December 23, 2010 in an e-mail:
Says "every school will be negatively impacted" if Education Stability Fund is not tapped.
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By Ian K. Kullgren • February 7, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 18, 2011 in his inaugural address.:
Says he’s the first Aggie governor of Texas.
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 19, 2011
Mike Haridopolos
Mike Haridopolos
stated on January 12, 2011 in comments to reporters.:
"Whether you like to admit it or not, half our general revenue goes to education."
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By Aaron Sharockman • January 14, 2011
Mike Villarreal
Mike Villarreal
stated on November 30, 2010 in a press release:
Texas "children may have a teacher who never spent one minute practicing teaching."
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December 26, 2010
Martin Kiar
Martin Kiar
stated on December 14, 2010 in a meeting:
"You can go to Georgia and make about $6,000 more a year as a teacher."  
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By Amy Sherman • December 21, 2010
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on November 30, 2010:
"The tuitions in Virginia colleges...have doubled -- 100 percent -- in the last 10 years."
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By Wes Hester • December 2, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on August 23, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Sharron Angle "would eliminate the Department of Education."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 9, 2010 in a speech at the University of Texas at Austin:
"The unemployment rate for folks who've never gone to college is almost double what it is for those who have."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • August 17, 2010
Yvette McGee Brown
Yvette McGee Brown
stated on June 22, 2010 in a campaign speech:
"Education Week rates Ohio schools in the top five in the nation."
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By Reginald Fields • July 24, 2010
Scott Hochberg
Scott Hochberg
stated on June 25, 2010 in a speech at a caucus at the Texas Democratic convention:
"Only about a third" of Texans who enroll in college graduate.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • July 13, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on July 8, 2010 in a statement on her campaign website:
"Florida’s high school graduation rate falls well below the national average."
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By Cristina Silva • July 8, 2010
DuBose Porter
DuBose Porter
stated on June 10, 2010 in for DuBose Porter's gubernatorial campaign:
Says he "fought against $3 billion in cuts to public education since 2003."
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By Willoughby Mariano • June 28, 2010
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