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Jeb Bush stated on November 20, 2014 in a speech:
The Orange County, Florida, school board "voted to make it impossible for a student to receive a grade below 50."
By Amy Sherman• November 20, 2014
Dennis Kucinich stated on January 29, 2018 in on a campaign website:
The default rate for college students has grown from 40 percent 10 years ago to about 50 percent today, and "perhaps as many as 800,000 young Ohioans are facing default on their student loans."
By Amy Sherman• March 20, 2018
Elizabeth Warren stated on January 04, 2020 in a speech:
"We were living outside of Houston and that’s when I found it: a commuter college, 45 minutes away that cost $50 a semester."
By Madlin Mekelburg• January 17, 2020
Ruben Hinojosa stated on July 16, 2016 in a tweet:
"50% of Hispanic students count on Pell Grants to pay for college."
By Rye Druzin• August 15, 2016
Stacey Evans stated on November 18, 2011 in an op-ed:
"By fiscal year 2013, the state is expected to wipe through [HOPE scholarship] reserve funds."
By Eric Stirgus• November 28, 2011
Vicki Martin stated on May 12, 2016 in a presentation at a panel discussion:
Only 50 percent of students from Milwaukee public high schools "go on to a two-or four-year college."
By Sarah Hauer• May 27, 2016
Jim Francesconi stated on August 07, 2013 in a guest column:
Half of Oregon university students are on Pell Grants.
By Janie Har• August 31, 2013
Bill de Blasio stated on January 03, 2018 in a press conference:
"The graduation rate in New York City has increased by 50 percent in 13 years"
By Dan Clark• January 17, 2018
Donna Howard stated on April 03, 2011 in remarks on the House floor:
"Fifty percent of our students who enter higher education need to take remedial courses because they are not prepared for college-level work."
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 9, 2011
Alisha Thomas Morgan stated on March 20, 2014 in a speech:
"In order to pass the CRCT in Georgia, you simply have to get half of the answers correct."
By Eric Stirgus• April 8, 2014
DuBose Porter stated on August 12, 2013 in a meeting:
Says there are half as many students in one Georgia technical college than there were two years ago.
By Eric Stirgus• August 12, 2013
Bill Proctor stated on January 06, 2012 in a newspaper article:
"Right now, 50 percent of Florida students leaving high school cannot read at grade level."
By Amy Sherman• February 23, 2012
Robert Singer stated on November 29, 2012 in a speech on the New Jersey Senate floor:
"More than 50 percent of those people getting minimum wage in this state are high school students."
By Caryn Shinske• December 13, 2012
Alberta Darling stated on December 02, 2014 in an interview:
At the 50 Milwaukee schools serving "at least 80% African-American and at least 80% low income" students, the reading proficiency is 8%.
By Dave Umhoefer• December 5, 2014
Sandra Stotsky stated on October 15, 2013 in during a public hearing:
"Common Core expects English teachers to spend at least half of their reading instructional time at every grade level on informational texts."
By Cara Fitzpatrick• October 21, 2013
Bill White stated on February 01, 2010 in in a TV ad:
"Our (Texas) graduation rate ranks 43rd out of 50 states."
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 5, 2010
Janet Adkins stated on February 09, 2016 in a House Appropriations Committee meeting:
"There is great disparity, tremendous disparity, in the (capital) funding on a per-student basis between our traditional public schools and our charter public schools."
By Joshua Gillin• February 22, 2016
Hillary Clinton stated on March 15, 2016 in a political advertisement that aired in Arizona.:
"Arizona schools rank 45th in the nation, dead last in funding per student."
By Anthony Cave• March 17, 2016
Joseph Cryan stated on December 19, 2013 in an Assembly session:
"What do Rutgers University, Kean University, Montclair State University, New Jersey City University, Stockton College, Rowan University and William Paterson all have in common? They all graduate less than 50 percent of their students within four years."
By Caryn Shinske• January 12, 2014
Rick Scott stated on March 03, 2015 in the State of the State address:
Education funding of $7,176 per student is a "historic level."
By Joshua Gillin• March 3, 2015

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Fact-checking attacks on Common Core school standards

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Fact-checking attacks on Common Core school standards

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Fact-checking attacks on Common Core school standards

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Four familiar facts from Barack Obama’s speech

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Four familiar facts from Barack Obama’s speech

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Rick Scott's first bill-signing moves the Scott-O-Meter

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Fact-checking Romney’s private fundraiser remarks

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Facebook post laments Biden’s first actions with false claims

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