Statements about Education
Says Texas ranks 49th nationally in "what we are doing to support our per-pupil investment in education in the state."
Says Texas "school systems" lose 45 days a year on testing.
Says Texas lawmakers in 2011 ordered school districts to test every student on their respiratory system and weight.
Wisconsin education agency "urged white students to wear white wristbands ‘as a reminder about your (white) privilege.’ "
"In 2012, 1 in 4 Wisconsin schools had a subpar score on the Department of Public Instruction’s recent report cards" and are "failing" the children they serve.
When the NECAP proficiency test is re-given to the kids the second and third time, harder questions are taken out.
"The vast majority of our public school students are receiving less state support than their private voucher peers."
Says that even if his budget is adopted, private schools in the choice program would be getting about half the per-pupil funds that public schools receive
"The average student in Florida, what they actually pay out of pocket at our major universities" for tuition is as much or less than what they spend on cellphones.
Says the president of the University of Texas has raised four-year student graduation rates to 75 percent.
College students "who are NOT U.S. Citizens and who get the PELL Grant" plan to return to their home countries after getting free gas cards and child care.
When students leave our high schools and they go to the community college, 70-75 percent of them have to pay to take remedial math.
Says "$1,100 of the tuition paid by every Oregon university student annually goes just to pay the costs of PERS."
"This (parent trigger) legislation was drafted by President Obama's top advisers. It was drafted by President Clinton’s top advisers."
Says "PPS employees have paid their own PERS contributions for many years."
"Under my predecessor, they cut funding for education, but they didn't give them anything in return to make up for that," leading to "less money" for school districts
"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?"
Says we will pay the new chancellor "a basic salary of nearly $300,000 a year ... an amount that does not include the costs of this public employee’s benefits, perks and living expenses for a lavish house, an upscale car, a spending allowance, and fine dining almost every day on the taxpayer dollar."
Says 100,000 are on waiting list to attend Texas charter schools.
Says Rick Scott called education not a "core function" of the state.
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