Statements about Education
Students today "take more years to get through" college.
"(Newt Gingrich) voted in favor of establishing the Department of Education, and yet he gets in a debate and says we should get rid of the Department of Education and send all the education issues back to the states."
"Speaker Gingrich has said that we ought to get rid of our child labor laws."
In New York City, "an entry level janitor gets paid twice as much as an entry level teacher."
"House Republicans are ramming through legislation ... to classify pizza as a 'vegetable' for the purpose of school lunches."
"By 2014, there will be one administrator for every teacher on college campuses in the United States."
Says Republicans want to cut education by 25 percent.
Since Rick Perry became governor, "Texas has gone from 46th in the country to 50th in the population that graduates from high school."
In the Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire, none of the candidates mentioned the "middle class" or "education."
"The Republicans have demanded deep cuts in education. They've demanded cuts in cancer research and other research to find cures and treatments to diseases."
Says it’s a "statistical reality that most single moms are very poor, under-educated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death."
The five states that outlaw collective bargaining for teachers all rank below 44th in the nation in test scores, while Wisconsin ranks 2nd.
In Wisconsin, teachers make $89,000 in salary and benefits, compared to $48,000 for all other workers in the United States.
"The people that went to school with (Barack Obama), they never saw him, they don't know who he is."
Says government is a barrier to innovation and development.
"As many as a quarter of our students aren’t even finishing high school."
Members of Congress and their families and staff are exempt from repaying student loans.
As state treasurer, Alexi Giannoulias "lost $73 million in our kids’ college savings."
"We now have our kids go to school about a month less than most other advanced countries."
The GOP's "Pledge to America" includes "a 20 percent cut ... for education. ... Eight million kids would have their college aid slashed under this budget."
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