Statements about Education
Says the Texas State Board of Education is considering eliminating references to Christmas and the Constitution in textbooks.
Challenger Tim Tuggey "is a lobbyist who donated over $41,000 to Democrats who support abortion and same-sex marriage."
Says one in three Texas children drop out of high school.
"The current (agriculture) commissioner allowed tainted beef to be sent to school cafeterias."
Says state Sen. Steve Ogden was the “driving force behind business income tax hurting small business, crafted the Robin Hood school finance scheme making property taxes skyrocket, wrote a budget that will result in a $14 billion deficit and voted against” gun freedoms.
"Florida still averages more students in its classrooms than any other state in the Southeast."
“Under (Rick Perry’s) watch as governor, over six million Texans have no health care coverage, including one million children, homeowners suffer from the highest insurance rates in the country, and college tuition has skyrocketed 136 percent.”
When Charlie Crist was elected governor, Florida ranked 31st in K-12 education. "Last year ... we went from 31st to 14. And this year, the top 10 in America."
In a now-viral video, "impressionable youngsters at a public school in New Jersey ... have been instructed to sing the praises of 'Barack Hussein Obama.'"
A scheduled speech by President Barack Obama will be "the first time an American president has spoken directly to the nation's school children about persisting and succeeding in school."
Schoolchildren across the nation "will be forced to watch the president justify his plans for government-run health care, banks, and automobile companies, increasing taxes on those who create jobs, and racking up more debt than any other president."
"In eighth grade math, we’ve fallen to ninth place."
"We are making the largest investment in education in our nation’s history."
There is a provision in the economic stimulus plan that means that "students cannot meet together in their dorms, if that dorm has been repaired with this federal money, and have a prayer group or a Bible study."
"The centerpiece of Senator McCain's education policy is to increase the voucher program in D.C. by 2,000 slots."
McCain "voted to cut education funding, against accountability standards. He even proposed abolishing the Department of Education."
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