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Angel Taveras stated on January 08, 2012 in a newspaper commentary:
"In Connecticut and New York, students at Achievement First schools consistently outperform city and statewide averages."
By Alex Kuffner• January 15, 2012
Mary Burke stated on May 06, 2014 in a forum:
The Wisconsin school voucher program "has no research that shows that it’s going to improve student learning."
By Tom Kertscher• May 28, 2014
Alberto Carvalho stated on August 01, 2011 in comments to the Miami-Dade legislative delegation:
"Today we stand as the highest-performing urban school district in America." 
By Amy Sherman• August 5, 2011
Thomas Lindsay stated on January 12, 2013 in an opinion column.:
"Approximately 43 percent of all college grades today are A's, an increase of 28 percentage points since 1960."
By W. Gardner Selby• January 31, 2013
Mitt Romney stated on October 03, 2012 in a presidential debate in Denver:
Massachusetts schools "are ranked No. 1 of all 50 states."
By Katie Sanders• October 5, 2012
Charlotte Nash stated on May 18, 2011 in a speech:
"We have the best schools in the United States."
By Eric Stirgus• June 7, 2011
Thomas Ratliff stated on December 10, 2012 in an opinion column.:
Says Massachusetts has three state-mandated student tests and Finland just one.
By W. Gardner Selby• December 17, 2012
Janet Adkins stated on March 24, 2014 in a Florida House subcommittee meeting:
"We have been teaching these (Common Core) standards in Florida schools since 2010."
By Amy Sherman• March 28, 2014
Donald Trump stated on May 25, 2025 in a press gaggle:
Harvard University “refuse(s) to tell us” who its international students are.
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 28, 2025
Rose Mary Grant stated on March 29, 2015 in a Providence Journal commentary.:
Rhode Island "charter schools are nationally recognized as outperforming their counterparts across the country."
By Mark Reynolds• April 30, 2015
Thad Altman stated on March 10, 2011 in comments while discussing merit pay for teachers:
Says students who receive free or reduced lunch are "performing just as well" as students who do not.
By Aaron Sharockman• March 11, 2011
Rahm Emanuel stated on September 25, 2018 in remarks at an event:
Says three research universities "came out and said (CPS is) the best public school system in the United States of a major urban system."
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• October 5, 2018
Mallard Fillmore stated on February 09, 2013 in a syndicated cartoon:
Comic strip says government study shows Head Start "has little or no impact on the children it’s supposed to help."
By Sue Owen• February 26, 2013
Jeb Bush stated on March 13, 2015 in a business roundtable in New Hampshire:
Florida is "one of the few states that has actually had a narrowing of the achievement gap based on income, or based on race or ethnicity."
By Amy Sherman• March 27, 2015
Jeb Bush stated on February 04, 2015 in a speech in Detroit:
Hispanic students in Florida perform "the best" of any Hispanic population in the United States.
By Amy Sherman• February 11, 2015
Occupy Democrats stated on May 04, 2015 in a Facebook meme:
"Ben Carson is running for president to ‘eliminate dependency on government.’ But he doesn’t mention that he grew up in public schools, got public housing and food stamps, got free glasses from a government program, was helped by Affirmative Action, and got Pell Grants for college."  
By Katie Sanders• May 11, 2015
Mary Burke stated on August 11, 2014 in a news article:
Wisconsin is "38th in the country in terms of proficiency standards" in student testing.
By Tom Kertscher• August 22, 2014
Chris Christie stated on April 29, 2011 in a speech at the Harvard Graduate School of Education:
Out of 150,000 tenured teachers in the last 10 years, only 17 have been dismissed for incompetence.
By Bill Wichert• June 10, 2011
Arne Duncan stated on July 23, 2012 in column in the Huffington Post:
"After one year, Tennessee’s students made their biggest single-year jump in achievement ever recorded in the state."
By Michael Collins• August 16, 2012
Jason Isaac stated on August 29, 2013 in a published commentary:
Pending a federal waiver, the 2013 Legislature "eliminated the overtesting of students in grades 3-8 by decreasing the number of tests from 17 to 8."
By W. Gardner Selby• September 12, 2013

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