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Joe Biden on Education
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| Democratic President; former V.P.; former Senator |
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- FactCheck: Attended U.Delaware, not Delaware State HBCU. (Sep 2020)
- Student debt should not crush young college graduates. (Aug 2020)
- Plan to forgive federal student debt & ease repayment burden. (Apr 2020)
- Provide school lunch even if schools closed for pandemic. (Mar 2020)
- 12 years of education is not enough; we need 16 now, free. (Mar 2020)
- Your zip code shouldn't matter in access to a good education. (Feb 2020)
- 2005: no bankruptcy for student loans; 2015: student relief. (May 2019)
- Free tuition at community colleges & state universities. (Apr 2019)
- 1970s: outspoken Senate critic of school desegregation. (Mar 2019)
- College plagiarism was honest (but careless) mistake. (Oct 2017)
- No Child Left Behind was left behind. (Oct 2008)
- Hire more teachers and pay them for smaller classes. (Dec 2007)
- For longer school day & school year, & 16-year minimum. (Oct 2007)
- There needs to be performance-based pay for teachers. (Aug 2007)
- Teach sex ed in schools; including prevention methods. (Aug 2007)
- Sent kids to private school after death of their mother. (Jul 2007)
- Overcome racial achievement gap with early education. (Jun 2007)
- NCLB needs more resources, but also is fundamentally flawed. (Feb 2007)
- Princeton was last Ivy holdout to admit women & minorities. (Jan 2006)
- I oppose school busing because it fails, not for racism. (Oct 1975)
- Single statewide school district tax, for equal distribution. (Oct 1975)
Education Funding
- College loan forgiveness up to $20,000 per student. (Aug 2024)
- Reduce student debt; increase Pell Grants. (Feb 2023)
- Two years of pre-school; two years of free community college. (Apr 2021)
- $200B in emergency COVID funding for K-12 schools. (Mar 2021)
- Write off $10,000 in student debt, not $50,000. (Feb 2021)
- Fund research at HBCUs for foundational support. (Oct 2020)
- Increase Title 1 funding from $15 billion to $45 billion. (Oct 2020)
- $100B for school ventilation; part of $1T for infrastructure. (Sep 2020)
- Triple money to Title One schools; provide early education. (Aug 2020)
- 3X money for Title I schools; free community college tuition. (Jun 2019)
- $500M for businesses partnerships at community colleges. (Feb 2012)
- $500M for Race to the Top's Early Learning Challenges. (May 2011)
- Laid out a $30 billion plan over five years for education. (Nov 2007)
- $3000 tax credit for college for anyone earning under $150K. (Sep 2007)
- Pay teachers more to get better educational results. (Apr 2007)
- FactCheck: Japan pays teachers more, but not India & China. (Apr 2007)
Voting Record
- Voting for No Child Left Behind was a mistake. (Jul 2007)
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Doug Burgum on Education
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| 2024 Presidential contender; Republican ND Governor |
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- Expand career/technical academies across the state. (Jan 2021)
- Help students be "choice ready" for their career paths. (Jan 2020)
- Proclaimed North Dakota School Choice Week. (Jan 2019)
- Invest in K-12 for our No. 1 resource--our young people. (Jan 2019)
- Local control of schools. (Jan 2018)
- Kids can't prepare for 21st century using 19th-century model. (Feb 2017)
- Accelerate efforts to raise outcomes for all students. (Jan 2016)
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Chris Christie on Education
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| N.J. Governor; Republican Presidential candidate |
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- What we need is to have competition with the public schools. (Jun 2023)
- We're paying caviar prices for failure. (Aug 2016)
- Program for at-risk youths to get them into college. (Jan 2016)
- Further de-regulate charter schools. (Jan 2016)
- Focus on college readiness; expand use of apprenticeships. (Jul 2015)
- Free college is ludicrous, but we can reduce the cost. (Jun 2015)
- 1984: As student, made speech to Delaware state Senate. (Jun 2012)
- Wife and children attended parochial schools. (Jun 2012)
- Build up colleges to support business, & avoid "brain drain". (Jul 2009)
Public Schools
- 2010: viral video defending education cuts against union. (Aug 2016)
- 2010: Make Newark the nation's charter school capital. (Aug 2016)
- Signed NJ onto Common Core but now regrets it. (Jun 2015)
- Supports both charter schools and vouchers. (Jun 2015)
- Extend school until 6 PM daily; and 12 months per year. (Jun 2015)
- Choice of schools to meet child's needs. (Jan 2015)
- Combine $8.9B in more funding with needed reform. (Jan 2013)
- Allow students in failing schools to attend better schools. (Jun 2012)
- 1999: Lobbied for Edison Schools, for-profit school operator. (Jun 2012)
- Most great teachers want accountability. (Jun 2011)
- OpEd: NJ schools best in US; only urban districts struggling. (Feb 2011)
- OpEd: Ignores that parents educate kids more than teachers. (Feb 2011)
- OpEd: Christie & NCLB push teachers; but not students. (Feb 2011)
- Couldn't measure charter success: lost $14M in federal funds. (Feb 2011)
- More charter schools; ok for private companies to operate. (Feb 2011)
- Tried to cut school superintendent salaries by edict. (Feb 2011)
- Expand 73 charter schools to replace 200 failing schools. (Jan 2011)
- Public education system is failing; increase accountability. (Jul 2009)
Teacher Unions
- We need innovative solutions, which teachers unions fight. (Sep 2023)
- Teachers' union sells out the children of New Jersey. (Aug 2016)
- Teachers unions are not for education of our children. (Aug 2015)
- Speak the truth to the teachers union; then reform tenure. (Jun 2015)
- Tenure reform for failing teachers; merit pay for good ones. (Jan 2015)
- Take on the teachers unions for real tenure reform. (Aug 2012)
- Dems believe in teacher's unions; we believe in teachers. (Aug 2012)
- Vote down school budgets unless teachers freeze pay. (Jun 2012)
- Replace Abbott District funds with tenure reform & charters. (Jan 2012)
- Let school leaders get certified by alternate routes. (Feb 2011)
- OpEd: Portrays tenure as lifetime guarantee, but it's not. (Feb 2011)
- Criticizes NJEA leadership as well as state's teachers. (Feb 2011)
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Ron DeSantis on Education
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| Republican presidential contender; FL governor |
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- Make universities back federal student loans. (Jan 2024)
- Don't make truck drivers pay for brick-&-ivy gender studies. (Dec 2023)
- We need education in this country; not indoctrination. (Aug 2023)
- Expands school choice program; ends financial requirements. (Mar 2023)
- Don't sow doubts among children about gender identity. (Mar 2022)
- Restrict teaching sexual orientation/gender identity. (Mar 2022)
- Provide parents with means to enforce state standards. (Jan 2022)
- Make sure people are not supporting critical race theory. (Sep 2021)
- Signed bills to protect religious freedom in Florida. (Jun 2021)
- COVID: other states not opening schools a policy blunder. (Mar 2021)
- Rejects education cuts, launched civics initiative. (Mar 2021)
- Boost teacher's minimum salary to $47,500. (Jan 2020)
- Parents should have public school choice. (Jan 2020)
- Invest in higher ed; focus on job skills. (Mar 2019)
- Prioritize attracting and retaining great teachers. (Mar 2019)
- Expand Tax Credit Scholarships for school choice. (Mar 2019)
- Expand both charters & vouchers. (Oct 2018)
- Fund training for high schoolers who enter workforce. (Oct 2018)
- Expand voucher and charters; stop Common Core. (Aug 2018)
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Larry Elder on Education
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| Republican presidential contender & talkshow host |
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- It's time to break the monopoly of the public school system. (Apr 2023)
- Won't support schools that indoctrinate children with hate. (Jul 2021)
- Will fight for school choice, charter schools. (Jul 2021)
- Schools need to purge bad teachers, they inflict damage. (Jul 2021)
- Bad schools, lack of parental involvement connected. (Jul 2021)
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Nikki Haley on Education
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| Republican presidential contender; UN Ambassador 2017-2018 |
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- Teach kids how to build: apprenticeships & vo-tech. (Jan 2024)
- Let parents parent and let teachers teach. (Jan 2024)
- More vocational education and less DEI. (Sep 2023)
- Parents need to decide which schools their kids go to. (Aug 2023)
- Parents talk to their kids about gender--not in schools. (Jun 2023)
- Signed a charter school bill that expanded school choice. (May 2023)
- Incentivize teachers to work in rural districts. (Jan 2016)
- Higher education system is flush with cash. (Jan 2016)
- Incentives for teachers, including tuition & grad school. (Jan 2015)
- Make a real investment in our charter schools. (Jan 2012)
- Educate kids not based on where they happen to live. (Jan 2011)
- Expand charter schools. (Nov 2010)
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Kamala Harris on Education
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| Democratic nominee;Vice President; former California Senator |
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- Teachers do God's work; we don't pay them nearly enough. (Oct 2024)
- Invest $16B in HBCUs: anchors of our communities . (May 2024)
- Forgive student loan debt for 850,000 public servants. (Apr 2024)
- Files bill to keep schools open until 6 pm to help parents. (Nov 2019)
- $2T for HBCUs; they produce so many of our teachers. (Sep 2019)
- FactCheck: Did not desegregate LA and SF school districts. (Jul 2019)
- Boost average teacher pay by $13,500. (May 2019)
- Change rules on student debt: reduce interest, income based. (Apr 2019)
- Federal money to subsidize teach pay raises. (Mar 2019)
- Free tuition at four-year public colleges. (Jan 2019)
- As child, bused to desegregated school with mixed races. (Jan 2019)
- Took on Corinthian College, a for-profit college scam. (Jan 2019)
- Ensure access to a high quality public education. (Aug 2016)
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Howie Hawkins on Education
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| Green Party Presidential Challenger |
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- Free college tuition for qualified students; abolish loans. (Jul 2020)
- Increased funding for the arts as essential. (Jul 2020)
- Lifelong, tuition free public education at any age. (May 2019)
- Free public education from pre-K through college. (May 2019)
- Guarantee a quality education to everyone. (Jun 2006)
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Will Hurd on Education
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| U.S. Rep; GOP presidential challenger (withdrew Oct.2023) |
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- First Republican to say that slavery is not a jobs program. (Jul 2023)
- We've done terribly preparing students of color for college. (Jul 2023)
- Colleges can still consider race without affirmative action. (Jul 2023)
- School choice is a great way to encourage competition. (Jun 2023)
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Asa Hutchinson on Education
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| Republican presidential contender; AR Governor |
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- Raise average teacher salaries $2,000 over next two years. (Jan 2021)
- Invest in tech education & early education. (Jan 2019)
- Fund colleges based on productivity. (Feb 2018)
- ArFuture Grants: pay tuition & stay in state for 3 years. (Jan 2017)
- Post the Ten Commandments in public school buildings. (Sep 2014)
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Chase Oliver on Education
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| Libertarian candidate for President |
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- Empower parents & students instead of federal involvement . (Dec 2023)
- Let schools & parents decide on LGBTQ books in libraries. (Aug 2023)
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Mike Pence on Education
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| Former Republican Vice President (withdrew Oct.2023) |
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- We will give school choice to every family in America. (Aug 2023)
- There was racial inequity in education system; no longer. (Jul 2023)
- Student loan forgiveness not about helping the middle class. (Jul 2023)
- Public schools can compete with our private schools. (Jun 2023)
- COVID: Don't want CDC guidance on school reopenings. (Sep 2020)
- No federal pre-K grant, but pre-K voucher for neediest. (Sep 2020)
- Budget proposes more money for private school vouchers. (Sep 2020)
- Give parents right to choose: public, private, parochial. (Feb 2020)
- Pro-voucher so parents decide how to educate their kids. (Jul 2016)
- Replaced Common Core with state-standards version. (Jul 2016)
- Incentivize teaching as a career. (Jan 2016)
- Testing regime needs to be improved. (Jan 2016)
- Connect high school grads with vocational ed OR college. (Dec 2013)
- Fight for local control and responsibility of education. (Jan 2012)
- Eliminate "No Child Left Behind" K-12 testing requirements. (Nov 2008)
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Bernie Sanders on Education
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| Independent Senator (VT) amd former Presidential candidate |
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- Loan forgiveness helps working families & low-income people. (Aug 2022)
- Pay for free tuition with tax on Wall Street speculation. (Feb 2020)
- School-to-prison pipeline is a horror show. (Feb 2020)
- Freeze private charter schools; they have no accountability. (Feb 2020)
- Make HBCUs debt-free, and cancel all student debt. (Sep 2019)
- Save millennials by cancelling student debt. (Jul 2019)
- Universal free meals in schools. (Jul 2019)
- Rejected from Harvard in 1950s due to Jewish quota. (Jul 2019)
- Busing an option, but integrated community schools are best. (Jun 2019)
- Forgive student loans for both higher ed and trade school. (Jun 2019)
- Crucial to invest in pre-K education for our future. (Feb 2019)
- Education is the great equalizer on path to middle class. (Aug 2017)
- Revolution needed in child-care and preschool jobs. (Nov 2016)
- No privatization; no vouchers; charters only with standards. (Nov 2016)
- Low income kids deserve free education, including college. (Feb 2016)
- Replace NCLB standardized testing with holistic approach. (Sep 2015)
- Ok to include mandates and incentives in Common Core. (Sep 2015)
- Vouchers redirect public education dollar to private schools. (Sep 2015)
- Charter schools ok if held to public school standards. (Sep 2015)
- Taught low-income preschoolers through Head Start program. (Sep 2015)
- Do away with fill-in-the-bubble standardized tests. (May 2015)
- Education begins before age 4 or 5. (May 2015)
- Quality affordable education, from child care to higher ed. (Mar 2015)
- 170,000 high school grads annually have no funds for college. (Dec 2010)
- 1976: produced educational filmstrips on New England history. (Jun 1997)
College Costs
- Free public college; support for historically black schools. (Apr 2019)
- College for All: $2 federal match for every state $1. (Nov 2016)
- Free tuition at public colleges for most students. (Jul 2016)
- Student debt is crushing young graduates. (Feb 2016)
- Tax Wall Street and make public universities free. (Dec 2015)
- $70B to make public colleges & universities tuition-free. (Nov 2015)
- Look at college degree like high school diploma 50 years ago. (Nov 2015)
- 1950s "high school for all" is now "free college for all". (Oct 2015)
- Free public university tuition, like we had 50 years ago. (Sep 2015)
- Other countries recognize benefits of free college. (May 2015)
- $18B to fund two years free tuition at state colleges. (Apr 2015)
- College loan repayment is regressive; refinance & forgive. (Apr 2015)
- Make college affordable for everyone. (Jan 2015)
Voting Record
- Fix No-Child-Left-Behind with Every-Student-Succeeds-Act. (Dec 2015)
- Cutting education cuts off our noses to spite our face. (Dec 2010)
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Tim Scott on Education
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| Republican presidential challenger; SC Senator |
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- Federal funding for colleges is a privilege, not a right. (May 2024)
- Halting growth of charter schools leads to segregation. (May 2024)
- Support eliminating antisemitism from college campuses . (May 2024)
- Change education; break the backs of the teachers' unions. (Aug 2023)
- Embrace education freedom and empower parents. (May 2023)
- Started the School Choice Caucus & they work. (Feb 2023)
- In America a good education is the closest thing to magic. (Sep 2022)
- COVID: school closures are clearest case for school choice. (Apr 2021)
- COVID: direct some relief funding to school choice programs. (Sep 2020)
- For choice: public, private, charter, virtual or home school. (Aug 2020)
- Oppose nationwide Common Core standards. (Sep 2014)
- Kids, not unions, should be focus of our public education. (Mar 2014)
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Jill Stein on Education
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| Green Challenger |
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- No charter schools; yes public; no Common Core; yes local. (Nov 2016)
- Guarantee tuition-free education pre-school thru university. (Oct 2016)
- Treat education as a right. (Aug 2016)
- Wall Street bailout was $17T; student loan bailout under $2T. (May 2016)
- Cancel college debt: it's now $35,000 per student. (Jan 2016)
- Make public college education free. (Jan 2016)
- Repeal incentives for privatization/charters in NCLB. (Jan 2016)
- Call for an end to school privatization. (Oct 2015)
- Common Core empowers contractors over teachers. (Jul 2015)
- Charter schools assault the treasure of our public schools. (Jul 2015)
- End high stakes testing. (Jun 2015)
- Mobilize to simply keep public education in existence. (Feb 2015)
- Replace No Child Left Behind with professional teachers. (Jul 2014)
- Negative income tax for guaranteed basic income. (Jul 2014)
- Bail out the students instead of bailing out the banks. (Oct 2012)
- Supports evolution; supports sex education. (May 2012)
- Establish basic right to free college education. (Jan 2012)
- Students are on the receiving end of generational injustice. (Jan 2012)
- College loans trap students in financial prison of debt. (Jan 2012)
- Right to a tuition-free public education, pre-K thru college. (Jan 2012)
- Focus on student needs, not corporate needs. (Dec 2011)
- Move school decisions from national to grassroots level. (Dec 2011)
- Charter school siphon resources from public schools. (Dec 2011)
- Opposes teacher-led prayer in public schools. (Dec 2011)
- Vital public system under attack from privatization. (Sep 2010)
- Stop blaming teachers for "underperforming schools". (Sep 2010)
- Standardized tests are misused; they hurt students. (Sep 2010)
- No economic barriers to quality college education. (Sep 2010)
- Boost public schools, and hold them accountable. (Oct 2002)
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Donald Trump on Education
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| Republican former President |
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- Shut down Department of Education; send it back to states. (Sep 2023)
- Rescinded policy on "disparate impact" in school discipline. (Apr 2023)
- Parents should be able to fire the principal, elect another. (Mar 2023)
- We will completely defund and bar critical race theory. (Jul 2021)
- Open schools; most teachers are safe in pandemic. (Oct 2020)
- I got funding for HBCUs for ten years. (Oct 2020)
- We're not going to fund schools if they don't open. (Jul 2020)
- Defend free speech on college campuses. (Feb 2020)
- Constitutional right to pray in public schools. (Feb 2020)
- Skeptical of use of affirmative action in college admissions. (Aug 2018)
- Workforce development, job training, & vocational schools. (Jan 2018)
- No federal government profit from student loans. (Nov 2015)
- We spend more per student than any other nation. (Jun 2015)
- Cut the Department of Education way, way down. (Jun 2015)
- Opposes Common Core. (Feb 2015)
- Common Core means Washington tells you what to study. (Feb 2015)
- Comprehensive education instead of limiting subjects. (Apr 2010)
- I'm big on education, for people of all ages. (Mar 2004)
Trump University
- Declared art deco wall "without artistic merit". (Jul 2020)
- Trump U: effort to educate the masses in his style. (Aug 2016)
- FactCheck: More than figurehead at Trump U. (Jun 2016)
- Founded Trump University to teach the art of deal-making. (Jun 2015)
- I'm deeply and actively involved in Trump University. (Oct 2006)
Vouchers
- Biden has sold out America's children to the teachers unions. (Feb 2021)
- I will expand charter schools & choice for every family. (Aug 2020)
- Opportunity Scholarships for 1M trapped in failing schools. (Feb 2020)
- School choice is civil rights issue of our time. (Feb 2017)
- Call them vouchers or scholarships; I call it competition. (Nov 2016)
- Disadvantaged students are trapped in failing schools. (Sep 2016)
- Money follows student to public, private or religious school. (Sep 2016)
- Let schools compete: charters, vouchers, and magnets. (Nov 2015)
- Bring on the competition; tear down the union walls. (Jul 2000)
- School choice will improve public schools. (Jul 2000)
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JD Vance on Education
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| Republican Vice Presidential nominee |
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- Student loan forgiveness is a windfall for the rich. (Aug 2024)
- Vouchers partly overcome residence-based school segregation. (Aug 2024)
- Give parents money for early ed, instead of Head Start. (Aug 2024)
- Free tuition sounds great; but vocational training better. (Aug 2024)
- Restrict campus protests and encampments. (Jul 2024)
- Needs to be a political solution to problem of universities. (May 2024)
- Climate is changing; solution is nuclear power. (Nov 2022)
- No money for critical race theory & radical gender ideology. (Oct 2021)
- Poor families recognize college as the way out. (May 2017)
- Uneducated people trust talent more than hard work. (May 2017)
- Some schools are unfairly funded, but deal with moral issues. (Jul 2016)
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Tim Walz on Education
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| DFL Governor & V.P. nominee |
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- Free breakfast and lunch at school. (Aug 2024)
- Make it easier for parents to find, pay for great child care. (Apr 2023)
- Vision of inclusivity, vs. defunding our schools. (Oct 2022)
- Reform school financing, reflect diverse student body. (Mar 2021)
- 2 years tuition-free education at MN state institutions. (Oct 2018)
- Fully fund pre-K-to-12; make Minnesota the education state. (Oct 2018)
- Recognized as the 2003 Minnesota Teacher of Excellence. (May 2017)
- Student Non-Discrimination Act: address anti-gay bullying. (May 2017)
- Vouchers for public schools; tax incentives for college. (Nov 2006)
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Kanye West on Education
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| Birthday Party candidate for President |
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- Restore prayer in the classroom. (Oct 2020)
- Widest possible range of educational & vocational paths. (Oct 2020)
- Reinstate the fear and love of God in all schools. (Jul 2020)
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Marianne Williamson on Education
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| Democratic candidate for President |
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- Full funding for all schools regardless of zip code . (Jun 2023)
- Getting rid of college debt will stimulate economy. (Jul 2019)
- Fund schools with federal mandate, not property taxes. (Jul 2019)
- Educational funding should not come from property taxes. (Jul 2019)
- Provide teachers autonomy as well as compensation. (Apr 2019)
- Wipe out college loans burdening the young. (Apr 2019)
- Favors Universal pre-school & free college. (Apr 2019)
- Universal pre-school; more teacher retention programs. (Apr 2019)
- Free college via public service; and student loan amnesty. (Apr 2019)
- Free college; low cost education for older adults. (Mar 2019)
- Teach children HOW to think, not WHAT to think. (Jul 2018)
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