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Average College Debt

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
September 15, 2008

The average debt for students graduating college now exceeds $19,000.

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U.S. Department of Education
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Voucher Programs Have No Impact on Performance

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
August 21, 2008

Two studies from Bush’s own Department of Education found that the voucher program in Washington D.C. has had no impact on students’ academic performance. An exhaustive eight-year study of Milwaukee’s school voucher program reached the same conclusion.

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Department of Education 2007

Department of Education 2008

Economic Policy Institute

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The Cost of Higher Education: Lots of Debt

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
July 17, 2008

At least two-thirds of college students graduate with some debt and the average debt among graduates exceeds $19,000.

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"National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS)," National Center for Education Statistics. http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/npsas/
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College Tuition and Fees Balloon

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
July 17, 2008

Tuition and fees at public four-year colleges are up 46 percent since 2001.

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"Trends in College Pricing 2007," College Board. 2007. http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/about/news_info/trends/trends_pricing_07.pdf
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Compared to other countries, U.S. flunks in teacher pay

Submitted by Alex Carter
April 2, 2008

In South Korea and Germany, starting salaries for teachers are about 141% of per capita GDP, while the figure for the United States is only 81%; in fact, all countries in this sample pay their teachers a significantly higher relative wage as a starting salary compared to the United States.

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Joydeep Roy. "Compared to other countries, U.S. flunks in teacher pay." Economic Policy Institute. 2 April 2008. http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/webfeatures_snapshots_20080402.
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WIth one day of Iraq War funding could have...

Submitted by Eran Lillestrand (not verified)
March 25, 2008

With one day of Iraq War funding we could have hired 6,921 new public school teachers for a year.

Source
The 2008 Statistical Abstract. Education: Elementary and Secondary Education: Staff and Finances. Table 245. Average Salary and Wages Paid in Public School Systems: 1985 to 2005. http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/tables/08s0245.pdf
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WIth one day of Iraq War funding could have...

Submitted by Eran Lillestrand (not verified)
March 25, 2008

With one day of Iraq War funding we could have sent 6,883 high school graduates to four fully funded years at
public universities.

Source
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2004-05 and 2005-06 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2004, Fall 2005, Spring 2005, and Spring 2006. http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d06/tables/dt06_320.asp
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Tax cuts could be spent on education

Submitted by Eran Lillestrand (not verified)
March 25, 2008

The Bush tax cuts for households with annual incomes above $1 million will cost more than the federal government spent last year on K-12 and vocational education. The cuts will exceed the combined budgets of the Departments of Housing and Urban Development, Energy, and the Environmental Protection Agency.

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“The Skewed Benefits of Tax Cuts,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,” 4 February 2008. http://www.cbpp.org/2-4-08tax.htm
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State college tuition rising rapidly

Submitted by Eran Lillestrand (not verified)
March 25, 2008

State colleges raised tuitions rose at three times the rate of inflation between 2000 and 2006, putting college out of reach of many families.

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United States Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Digest of Education Statistics, 2007. http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d06/tables/dt06_319.asp. (Adjusted for 2007 dollars)
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Poor Air Quality in Schools Equal Student Days Absent

Submitted by Alex Carter
March 14, 2008

The American Lung Association reported that “American children missed more than 12 million school days in 2000 because of asthma exacerbated by poor indoor air quality”.

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American Federation of Teachers. 2006. Building Minds, Minding Buildings: Turning Our Crumbling Schools into Environments for Learning. http://www.aft.org/topics/building-conditions/downloads/minding-bldgs.pdf.
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